Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. We start our day with breakfast. However, many people do not attach any importance to this. Let’s talk about what products you should never start your morning with.
Packaged juices
Despite the fact that juices should not contain added sugar, most often the so-called “reconstituted juices” contain many other simple carbohydrates. In addition, what we think of as pulp is not fruit at all, but sugar beet cake or pectin.
Muesli, instant porridge
As in the case of breakfast cereals, cereals for the production of this product undergo primary processing. As a result, carbohydrates turn from “slow” to fast sugars. They also contain a lot of pure sugar and other sources of empty calories.
Cakes and pastries from the store
Flour and a lot of sugar are used for making cakes and pastries. This provides them with the same record calorie content, as well as a high glycemic index.
Quick breakfasts
The product is obtained by extrusion – flour, sugar and other additives are converted into a single mass, and then product particles (for example, balls) are formed. The nutritional value of the product is questionable due to its high sugar and starch content.
Sausage sandwich
Sandwiches are the easiest thing that comes to mind, right? Let’s take the sandwich apart, it deserves it. White bread, spread, smoked sausage.
White bread, which has a high glycemic index (70), paired with butter and fatty sausage will send all of these fats directly to your thighs. Calculate the calorie content of a sandwich yourself. Even if you take only 2-3 slices of semi-smoked sausage, this is more than 200 calories. High-fat content. Don’t forget about sodium nitrite and other things!
Try and replace the sausage with natural meat, the spread with butter, the white bread with rye bran bread, and also complement the sandwich with a leaf of lettuce, tomato, or any other vegetables. Thus, you will reduce fat content, normalize the glycemic index, add proteins, and also eliminate harmfulness.
Chocolate bars
Advertising has taught us that a chocolate bar is the best way to quickly refuel with calories. Especially if you are hungry, and there is no opportunity to have a full meal. However, this is a deception.
According to the calorie table, chocolate bars have approximately 500 calories and 20-23% fat. But that’s not all, they also have a high glycemic index, around 70-80. This is where the trap lies. Very soon, when the blood sugar drops again, you will want to eat even more.
Fast food
It’s such an obvious product that it’s a shame to include it on the list. There are no advantages at all in fast food, except for speed and cheapness.
Chips and croutons
Firstly, they contain a lot of fats (most often – cheap plant analogs), secondly, they contain large doses of flavor enhancers that will only increase your hunger, and thirdly, there are no useful nutrients there.
Processed cheese
Let’s start with the fact that the cheese loses almost all its useful properties during heat treatment, turning merely into a fatty product. In addition, processed cheese contains production waste – the cheese that cannot be sold in pieces.
