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Breakfast kick-starts your metabolism in the morning. Without breakfast, your blood glucose levels will be low from fasting over night so you will have little energy to function properly and to concentrate, and you’ll feel irritable and grumpy...
If eating breakfast makes you feel a little sick, stick to something small and light to get you through the morning. Try to have something high in fibre, it helps you stay fuller for longer and the sugars in your breakfast will be released slowly. If you have a spare five minutes, then whip yourself up a delicious mango and banana smoothie.
 Breakfast on the go Banana and Mango Smoothie Makes 500ml Ingredients 2-3 slices of canned mangoes (in natural juice) 1 banana ¼ cup ice ¼ cup mango or pineapple juice 1 tablespoon of unsweetened yoghurt (optional) Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a tall glass and have at home or put into a thermos and sip it on the way to work. Quick tip; swap mango for 1/3 cup of blueberries to boost your antioxidant levels. However, if you have even less time to make breakie, then you could always have one of the following for breakfast: .jpg) Muesli bar – just choose one that less than 10g of sugar per 100g and high in fibre 5g or more per serve- Banana, pear, or nectarine
- Yoghurt - quick tip, check the sugar content of the yoghurt, go for yoghurt with 10g or less of sugar per 100g of yoghurt
- Creamed rice – pick a low sugar and fat variety
- Fruit salad in a tub – you also need to watch out for sugar. Pick a fruit salad, which is in natural juice rather than syrup.
Br eakfast for the office Fix yourself something simple and easy to clean up, like natural, unsweetened muesli with low fat milk or unflavoured yoghurt topped with fruit or wholegrain toast topped with avocado and tomato. If you have a little more time on your hand and want to warm up, make a bowl or fruity porridge topped with stewed apples. Weekend breakfast Fruit Salad Chop up some pineapple, banana, mango, rock melon, honey melon and plums, and add handful of grapes and. Serve with natural yoghurt or ricotta cheese. Big Mediterranean Breakfast Serves 4  Ingredients4-6 tomatoes Large flat field or Portobello mushrooms 8 slices wholemeal bread 2 cloves garlic Tuscan seasoning Olive oil Red wine vinegar Salt Pepper Fresh or dried thyme, basil, rosemary or sage Falafel ½ cup cheddar cheese or sprinkle of parmesan cheese (optional) Chop tomatoes into quarters and pull the stalks out of the mushrooms. Place tomatoes and mushrooms on a lightly oiled oven tray. Top each mushroom with crushed garlic, a drizzle of olive oil, a drizzle of red wine vinegar, a tablespoon of falafel, herbs, salt, pepper and cheese. Drizzle olive oil and sprinkle Tuscan seasoning over the tomatoes. Bake for around 25 minutes at 180 Celsius. Toast bread when mushrooms and tomatoes are almost done. Serve immediately. Krystle
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