Watch out the calorie content in your breakfast

It is common that most people get up late in the morning that they will not prepare breakfast at home. If you tend to buy luncheon meat and egg sandwich with a cup of milk tea as your breakfast, actually the calorie inside in this simple choice is higher than what you think. It provides you up to 500kcal. Based on the daily energy requirement of an office lady who needs 1200kcal, this set of breakfast makes up to almost half of what you are required. So, it is important to choose your breakfast carefully.

Why breakfast is important?

Breakfast is the most important meal among the day. With appropriate breakfast, it is beneficial to the body both mentally and physically. According to a research from The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, people who do not have breakfast may consume more snacks, the total cholesterol level and waist circumference is higher and wider than those who have breakfast regularly. In addition, a balanced breakfast can give you enough energy in the morning, where you are more concentrated on your work, increasing your work effectiveness and efficiency.

Prepare your breakfast in 3 minutes

To have a nutritious breakfast, it is not necessary to buy it outside. There are lots of simple and easy-to-make choices for breakfast where you can prepare it in the office in 3 minutes.  This can also save the queuing time!

Most convenient mix and match:

Milk with breakfast cereals and Nutrient Powder

Simple preparation:

Pour warm water into milk powder, and then add breakfast cereals or oat meal and nutrient powder according to individual preference.

In the selection of milk products, besides skimmed milk, there are many other types of plant milk made from rice, grains and seeds such as oat milk, almond milk, rice milk etc. that you can find in the supermarket. Comparing them with dairy products, plant milk does not contain lactose, where it is suitable for people suffering from lactose intolerance or people who are allergic to milk.

If you want to make your breakfast different, you can add various elements such as Flaxseed powder, Chia seed  and job’s tear powder into the milk. They are not only high in fiber, which helps in peristalsis, preventing constipation, but also contain abundant nutrients. For breakfast cereals, you can choose those added with nuts and dried fruit.  They can improve the texture, increase the nutrient valves and give you satiety feeling.

Mixing and matching your own breakfast, you can always have something new. Most importantly, the calorie of this set of breakfast is only half to your sandwich. By just changing your usual breakfast to this, you can see your weight change in 2 weeks. With appropriate breakfast, it may also help with skin problem. Let’s try to have this ‘’milk, breakfast cereals and nutrient powder’’ healthy combination!

Miss Wong is a Living Light Culinary Art Institute graduate and a certified raw food chef.  

She will share with us on the raw food basic principles and demonstrate the following dishes:
 
1. Living Lasagna
2. Zucchini Mushroom(Zoom)Burgers
3. Cabbage Kraut
4. Apple Pie with Carob Pecan Crust
 
Each Participant will receive 1 pack of Acai Powder($228) as gift. 
 
Here are the details of workshop:
 
Date: 6 / 12 / 2011 ( Tuesday )
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Venue: Sprout Organic and Natural Café
Enquiries: Please call 2850 6166
 
Hope to see you there!