Breakfast is probably the most important meal of the day, yet for many of us it is (or was before we started training) not terribly nutritious. The problem is quite simple, for years we’ve been conditioned to think that a proper breakfast is a bowl of cereal and a piece of toast (with jam) is the right way to begin our day.
The truth is that such a breakfast is heavily weighted towards high GI carbohydrates and lacks protein. This high GI breakfast of cereal is literally killing us according to an article in the Telegraph which cites research from Harvard Medical School.
So what’s the answer? Well personally I’m all in favour of either a whey protein shake with some ultra fine scotch oats or egg on toast. However not everyone fancies that so what’s the alternative? How about high protein breakfast cereals? Essentially these are breakfast cereals which are high in protein. The added protein helps lower the GI of the meal and gives you a better start to the day.
The other alternative to high protein cereals is high protein oatmeal it’s a bit like scotch oats and whey - how about that hey! 