The Breakfast Choices You'll Want to Make

The Rambam (Maimonides) taught that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

Eating an unhealthy breakfast can actually be worse than not eating at all.

When consuming simple sugars, like coffee and pastries, the excess carbohydrates require a lot of energy from your body and can lead to fatigue, low energy, and sugar crashes. Your breakfast should include dietary fiber, proteins, some fats, and complex carbohydrates, which provide sustained energy and keep you feeling full longer.

Waffles, cookies, and biscuits contain flour, eggs, sugar, and often hardened fats (margarine) that are not nutritious. These can lead to insulin resistance (diabetes), increase the risk of obesity, and more. Even whole-grain cereals often have high sugar content, making them an unhealthy choice. Granola bars seem nourishing but typically have high sugar content, often with added corn syrup, chocolate, or dried fruits that further increase sugar levels.

While coffee can boost blood flow and give a short energy burst, it can also dehydrate the body, resulting in weakness and fatigue. For those who find it hard to skip coffee, it's better to drink it later in the morning. On the other hand, green tea has about half the caffeine of coffee, helps balance blood sugar levels, boosts metabolism, and contains antioxidants.

A proper breakfast can increase energy levels, enhance focus, manage appetite throughout the day, and prevent unnecessary eating. All types of fruit are excellent to start the morning with, offering vitamins and fiber in sufficient quantities, as well as fluids and relatively low calories. It's beneficial to combine fruit with nuts or seeds, like sunflower or pumpkin seeds, to aid in optimal digestion.

Oatmeal is a great choice, rich in antioxidants, nourishing, calming, and full of dietary fiber and protein.

An egg in the morning provides long-lasting fullness when paired with vegetables, and avocados with veggies offer good energy.

Chia and flax seeds are great sources of dietary fiber. You can make pudding from them or add them to a salad.

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