Q: What to eat for breakfast if I need to lose weight?

I am trying to lose weight by eating less and eating better foods. What do you suggest I eat for breakfast in the mornings so that I can drop a few pounds? I’ve got dinner and lunches down, just not breakfast foods yet.

A: Maybe challenging some conventional wisdom but if you want to lose weight and have a healthy positive start to the day:

1) Completely Ignore the spurious clap-trap masquerading as news about eating a big grilled sausage, bacon, egg and tomato breakfast spewed forth from a hideously mis-informed so called ‘nutritionist’ as reported from Sky News (!!!) and in retold Yahoo news today:
Yahoo “News”
This is UTTER UNMITIGATED CLAPTRAP — and totally confusing for anyone who is trying to eat more healthily

2) Recognize what your body needs after 7 to 8 hours of enforced ‘fasting’ (i.e. while asleep) — namely:
a) Hydration
b) The reduction of any acidity (due to the continuance of digestive processes, and the effects of water loss overnight)
c) Nourishment — meaning some quickly transformed, but lasting energy source in the form of more complex carbohydrates

Bear in mind also that ’sugars’ should be avoided as they are both acidifying and burn too quickly…this means avoid using actual sugars (such as on cereals — and IF you do choose to eat cereals use only those with no added sugar — oats for example are a good choice)

This also means avoiding too much sweet fruit as they are simply alternative sugar sources and little better than a candy bar (or so-called ‘breakfast bars’ most of which are simply profit-making sugar sicks that should be shunned a all times).

Ideally you should therefore try to eat food which provide some complex carbs, some mineral nutrients, some water, and some alkalizing effects.

An ideal start to the day would therefore be:
i) A half pint of good quality mineral water (or home distilled water) within a few minutes of waking.
ii) After a refreshing wash (i.e. not too soon after the water)– a good sized plateful of cucumber and tomatoes (and a generous sprinkling of fresh chopped parsley, plus some mild sweet salad onions IF you aren’t going to work in close proximity with clients for a couple of hours! Onions are a good source of flavonoids which are not only anti-cancer but also are known to be anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-allergenic and anti-inflammatory), generously dressed with extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice, an seasoned with naturally iodine and mineral rich sea salt, and a little black pepper (or a milder chilli pepper — like pimenton picante; or sweet pimenton dulce — if you like it).

You could alternatively make these same ingredients into a superb ’smoothie’ (some might call it Gazpacho!) along with a couple of small cloves of fresh garlic for its additional anti-viral and blood cleansing properties.

If you still crave some further substance a slice of wholemeal spelt (a lower gluten wheatflour alternative) soda bread (i.e. NO yeast!) which is VERY easy to make at home, or a couple of organic rice cakes, would be OK topped with EV olive oil…or even a smear of butter wouldn’t be out of the question on occasions!

This is a TRULY health start to the day that will support your system in many ways and contribute to your weight loss goals. Ignore all else Good luck!

More useful tips at http://www.GoNaturalandOrganic.com

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Keeping skin plump — as implied by another contributor is also important - as we age we drop from around 80% water to about 60% — in a slow process of dehydration…so effort is required to keep well hydrated which not only keeps skin cells plump and full, but also flushes toxins out of the body that can otherwise exacerbate the signs of aging. You should drink about 2 to 3 liters of good quality mineral water a day (steadily and regularly - about half liter an hour or so). You will pee a lot to start with but as your body adjusts this will reduce and you’ll be AMAZED at how much fresher and more vital you feel.

Also adopting a generally more alkaline diet can help — eat plenty of green veges. Eat more raw veges. Reduce sugar, reduce white flour products, yeast products and dairy products. Only eat moderate amounts of meat (if you eat meat at all) and avoid processed foods whenever possible.

That’s a bit of a nutshell — but it will all help to keep you looking a feeling fitter, younger and healthier: for a fuller explanation see also: Boost Immune System

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Healthy families need healthy toilet habits but there is quite a bit of misunderstanding about toilet regularity. Here is a recent question that earned ‘Best Answer’ approbation:

Q. Hey What’s wrong with me…I always need to go to the toilet after meals all the time….?

A. The longer you ’sit on it’ – i.e. wait to go — the more liquid is absorbed through the bowel walls and the more compacted it is likely to become — hence resulting in constipation.

It is always best to go when ‘nature calls’ and not wait — if possible This reduces chances of constipation and increases likely ease of going.

It is not unreasonable to want to go after meals. The whole digestive system ‘kicks in’ when you start to eat — from saliva production in the mouth, to acid production in the stomach, to peristaltic motion in the bowel (the waves of movement that help to move the food along the bowel to the ‘exit’!)

Other things that can trigger ‘movement’ such things as taking a warm drink of tea or coffee when you wake up…the caffeine again can kick-start the ‘motion’.

Your body is quite likely to get into a ‘routine’ when it ‘expects ‘ to go — and can be a bit difficult to ‘re-train’…

But in essence:
Hanging on to your ‘poo’ is bad for several reasons:
- Possible constipation (as mentioned)
- Resulting in straining - leading possibly to piles (haemorrhoids).
For example

You should ‘go’ when the need arises and, although it is often not realized, it is normal and healthy to go as many times as you eat (makes sense doesn’t it!) So three meals a day…three ‘poos’ a day!

MANY folks go far less often (constipation is a real issue — as can diarrhoea be)..and it is well known that up to 80% of people consuming a Western diet have severely impaired digestive processes.

You should ‘listen to your body’ and also keep well hydrated (again, most people are in a constant state of dehydration) — we really NEED to drink about 2 to 3 liters of good clean water a day (preferably natural, mineral water). This can help a lot with the problem of constipation…

But the problem of poor digestive system, stemming from reduced levels of healthy (good) bacteria in the bowels that are needed for efficient digestion also needs dealing with. For this it is worth considering a good probiotic product (that is NOT a silly little yogurt drink, by the way). There’s a useful article about probiotics here:
http://www.gonando.com/probiotics.html

Poor gut health is probably one of the MAIN pre-cursors to serious health challenges in later life so getting and keeping a healthy system whilst you are young is REALLY important. (fascinating video about what we ought to eat to keep the gut health here too: http://www.gonando.com/alkaline-foods.ht…)

So…keep on going!

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If you haven’t heard why you should be making efforts to alkalize your diet then here is a great chance to get an insight to the many health benefits from probably the world’s foremost proponent of Alkalizing for health - Dr Rob O Young.

There are a series of videos here of Dr Young giving a keynote presentation — some fascinating and compelling evidence for making changes to your diet sooner rather than later…

Free Alkalizing for Health Videos

As an added bonus you’ll also find a list of alkaline foods so that you can begin planning them into your diet as soon as possible.

You should also take a closer look at Dr Young’s authored works (sometimes along with co-author Shelley Redford Young, his wife). Some of his best books include:
pH Miracle for Health
pH Miracle for Diabetes
pH Miracle for Weight Loss
Sick and Tired (an in depth study with evidence that could blow your mind!)

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