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Breakfast cereals are not as useful as we thought

 
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03 December 2015, 09:00

The kitchens of different countries are varied with their variety of dishes. A huge selection of useful cooking delicacies is offered, while in every country much attention is paid to breakfast, since it is believed that at the beginning of the day a healthy, useful charge is needed for the body in the form of vitamins, minerals, fats, carbohydrates. What breakfast, such state of health and mood for the whole day.

Everyone has their own specific schedule with the selected menu, often in the morning many people prefer a light snack, tea, coffee, many, even worse, do not eat anything. It turns out, half a day or a whole working day the body suffers from stress, which does not influence human well-being in the best way. That's why scientists considered this problem and came to certain conclusions.

Dry breakfasts are convenient in cooking for a modern person, this method is convenient, fast, good to taste. Doctors believe: everyone knows oat flakes with the addition of dry fruits, milk, butter, not a bad option for recharging the body for a day. But as it turned out in the process of experiments, not quite an ideal option. This food has not only advantages, but also minuses suffice. Let's take a closer look.

The most important misconception is the amount of sugar content in dried fruits. In them, it is much more than previously thought. The number of calories is also enough, several times more than in chocolate. Such food will not only worsen the state of health, but will also contribute to weight gain. It used to be believed that freezing fruits reduces the content of vitamins, this is absolutely not the case, all vitamins are preserved to the extent that they were before freezing.

It is necessary to pay attention to the amount of milk in the proposed breakfast cereals. Sometimes in them the maintenance of useful bacteria increase, up to not real figures. For example, if it is written that there are about a billion of them, then this is a lie. And dishonest producers are going to deceive their consumers.

Yoghurts, too, did not stay aloof. Their benefit and harm doctors considered, and came to such conclusions: there are more calories in it than in chocolate. This of course does not mean that everyone should switch to chocolate instead of yogurt. But you need to balance your nutrition. Rely on a sensible mind, and of course taste preferences. You can alternate, breakfast cereals with more homemade, and cook yourself, making a healthy breakfast. It will take time not much, but health benefits will be greater.

For comparison, you can consider: two different breakfasts in its simplicity, taste, utility. The first consists of muesli, with the addition of chocolate and various additives, not very useful, you can say, the fat content and calorie content is increased. Another way, actually cooked, oat flakes, milk, the taste may not be so delicious, but the benefits to the body are greater. Calorie content of the product is low, extra pounds do not give cause for concern. If you really decided to eat breakfast cereals, then pay attention to the composition of the product that you buy. It should consist of untreated flakes, plus natural supplements.

Everyone chooses his breakfast. By taste or by other indicators. But breakfast is necessary unambiguously, and preferably useful products. Pay attention to cooking porridges at home. After all, their number is so diverse that it will allow your imagination to have no boundaries. Add fruit by season or frozen, experiment. Then your body will be healthy, the mood will be at the highest level, and life problems will be solved much easier.

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