Although eating breakfast daily is important for health
reasons, it’s also going to help you learn more, get better grades and even
have a better shot at winning more free cash for college. What you eat at
breakfast matters. A sugary cereal, breakfast bar or blender smoothie masquerading
as healthy food just won’t work.
Each meal should contain different types of nutrients.
Protein is an important one as it enhances concentration, learning and memory.
In other words, eating protein makes it easier to understand what you’re
learning in class and to remember it. How much protein you need varies by your
age, body weight, gender and amount of exercise you get in a day.
One simple to prepare and easy to eat food is eggs. One egg
will give you about 14% of your daily recommended amount of protein. They’re easiest
to add to breakfast of all the different kinds of foods that contain protein
(fish, lentils, chicken, black beans and others). You can even make them in
advance.
Here’s how:
1.
Decide how many days each week you want to
add an egg to your breakfast and multiply that number by how many people will
be eating them. The more eggs, the bigger the saucepan you need.
2.
Place them in a single layer in the pan. Here's an example, CLICK HERE (ad). Put enough cold water into the pan to cover the eggs with one inch of water above them. (The
greater the number of eggs, the more water needed.)
3.
Turn the heat up to high, and let the water
come to a boil.
4.
Turn the heat off, and let the pan sit on the
hot burner for ten to twelve minutes. (It’s okay to cook them longer. It just
makes the yolk harder.)
5.
Use the lid to hold the eggs in the pan,
and pour out the hot water (carefully) into the sink. Run cold water over the eggs to stop them
from cooking.
6.
After they’ve cooled off, you can put them
in a bowl and keep them in the refrigerator. (Eat them within five days.)
7.
Peel and eat one each morning along with
your cereal or other breakfast foods.
This isn’t the only way to add protein to your
breakfast, but it’s the easiest way and very low cost. Don’t forget to add a
wholesome (low sugar) cereal or oatmeal, a piece of fresh fruit and a glass of
milk (if you're not lactose intolerant), and you have a complete breakfast. It may seem like a waste of time to eat breakfast each
morning, but the brain needs food to function properly. So do you.
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