Answering the big questions..
Is it really ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ most important meal of the day?
What does a healthy brekkie look like?
What other factors are there at brekkie time other than just the foods we eat?
Breakfast ideas for fussy and restricted eaters?
and more in this blog!
๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด?
That’s a controversial question in the health realm for sure! Some say it is, some say it’s good to skip it and continue the fast from throughout the night into later in the day.
In all of my years learning about and living the Primal way I’ve definitely come to the understanding that breakfast is an important time to eat, for most of us, if not all of us.
Let’s look at why brekkie is an important meal, thanks to the wisdom of Mark Sisson of Mark’s Daily Appleโฆ
“Breakfast is When You Break Your Fast
Historically, breakfast was a term used to describe your first meal of the day, no matter when that meal took place. Sometime around the 15th century, it became synonymous with the meal you consume shortly after waking up. And now, thanks to the hundreds of thousands of people thriving with intermittent fasting, breakfast is returning to its first-meal-of-your-day roots.
Simply put, breakfast is how you break your fast.
Whether you have a planned eating window or your fast is just the hours that youโre asleep, the meal that answers the dayโs first call of hunger is arguably the most important.
Let me repeat that: your first hunger of the day is the most important.
Itโs your bodyโs first polite request for you to deliver substantial, supportive, and sustainable fuel to your body.
Benefits may include:
- Your cravings disappear
- Youโre not thinking about food 24/7
- You have more sustained energy
- You stop snacking all day
- You sleep better at night
- Youโre not spiralling into guilt or shame because you binged once the sun went down”
I 100% feel my best when I’m eating a good meal in the morning. Not necessarily right away, or as my first ‘activity’ but definitely eating brekkie is my jam. Pun intended, cos, I love puns! Brekkie helps fuel my brain for funnier puns too.. haha
๐ข๐ธ, ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป?
Basically, what most of the world eats most mornings. Grain-based cereals, toast, sausages full of flours and other fake stuff, crappy bacon, tinned baked beans, acai bowls, fruit and greens smoothies, green juices, just a coffee, pastries, muesli bars, protein bars, regular pancakes and waffles, syrups, jam, vegemite, margarine… the list continues but I think that covers most of the standard breakfast options.
If you’re still not convinced that cereal, toast etc do not play a role in a healthy lifestyle (for kids or adults, anyone at any age) refer to our blog all about GRAINS for all the info to get educated.
Why aren’t liquids like smoothies and green juices a good idea? A main reason is that our digestion starts in the mouth when we CHEW our food. Drinking a meal isn’t good for the gut. Another reason is that greens, fruits etc are highly inflammatory and end up causing more problems than positives to our health.
Why aren’t bars healthy? They’re full of junk! Simple!
High fruit brekkies aren’t good for us, if there’s way more sugar than protein and fat.
A high carb meal first up is going to make us hungry again and have an energy drop within a few hours.
๐๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ‘๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐’ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐
๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒโฆ
Animal based. Honest to goodness. Eating meat, animal fat, gelatin/collagen, bone broth and eggs makes the basis of a nourishing start to the day. Animal protein and fat provides long-lasting energy, a high level of essential nutrients that are bio-available (meaning the human body knows how to process them properly and efficiently), and extremely low in (if any) anti-nutrients.
Meat muffins, leftovers from dinner, slow cooked meat, cold roasted meats, eggs done a kazillion different ways, meat waffles, mince patties, good quality bacon, bone broth, collagen/gelatin, cheeses (dairy and not) cooking in and adding beef fat, lard, ghee, butter… there are so many ways to have a nourishing and enjoyable animal-based brekkie meal.
Adding in a few other healthy low-inflammatory options like avocado, mushrooms, some veggies, and low-sugar fruits (e.g. berries) are great too. Even whole fruit jelly can be a great addition to breakfast meals.
Then the sometimes ingredients like coconut yoghurt, coconut cream/milk, honey or pure maple syrup, fruits, paleo flours turned into breads, cereals, waffles, pancakes etc.
It’s really not hard to switch from standard crappy options over to nutritious alternatives. It takes some effort, planning and time initially, a transition period, then getting used to it so it becomes the ‘norm’. We did it over a decade ago. And if Clint, who said “๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ” can do it, anyone can!
๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ!
It’s so sad that most of the world thinks a healthy breakfast consists of standard cereals such as cornflakes, sugary kids cereals, mueslis etc, wheat and grain-filled gluten-free toast, spreads, icky green drinks, fruit bowls and smoothies, conventional coffee (non organic) with regular highly processed milks (skim being the worst)…
When the actual healthy options are based on animal foods, low inflammatory whole foods and essential minerals. And a good start to the day is about so much more than just the foods we eat! How much outdoor time we get matters too. Sunrise (or as close to) light directly on our skin and in our eyes, our feet touching the earth, breathing in fresh air, moving our bodies.. it’s all super important on a regular basis.
Let’s start thinking about breakfast time in a more holistic and all-rounder approach. Instead of sitting around a table or in front of the TV eating junk and not doing anything else.
๐๐๐๐ฉ’๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐?
What we do + eat at breakfast time
#1: Consume Sole on an empty stomach (mineral salt drenched water in a glass of water to remineralise the body)
#2: Outdoor time barefoot, moving, getting fresh air.
#3: Early sunshine directly in the eyes and on the skin.
#4: Eating a nourishing animal-based brekkie meal.
That’s what we do most days of the week to turn our get-up-and-go hormones kicking in, to fuel us, and to keep us full and productive all morning.
Recipe + meal ideas
A simple mince meat pattie with eggs is an easy one, add avocado or mushroom, some low sugar friends or whole fruit jelly, or bone broth, and you have an insanely healthy fuel source to start the day. We sometimes make and ghee-daise which is so creamy and delicious, and for leaner meat we add raw beef suet packed full of bio-available nutrients.
For other ideas check out our website.
Adding offal is a very good idea and a great way to hide the flavour is in patties! Meat Muffins is a brilliant (and popular) time saving breakfast idea, Meat Waffles are different, there are healthy swap recipes for sometimes-meals like pancakes, there’s a couple of cereal options.. a few things to hopefully inspire you to create nourishing breakfast meals for you and the fam ๐
I hope this information and our perspectives and experiences help you and your family on your journey to better health + more happiness!
Aimee
Primal Health Coach for Women
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