Start Your Day the Healthy Way! Sophie Charron Andriana Velmahos

What to Eat For Breakfast? Good breakfasts to start your day are: eggs, cold cereal and milk, oat meal, whole grain toast or bagel, and yogurt with fruits or nuts. An unhealthy breakfast can even store you with enough energy for the morning, but a healthy breakfast keep you going for even longer pg

Why is it Important That You Don’t Skip Breakfast? Breakfast is the most important meal of the day Skipping breakfast does not maintain a healthy weight You tend to eat more calories during the day when you don’t eat breakfast It keeps you ready for any obstacles at the beginning of the day You have a harder time learning, because you don’t get enough nutrients Breakfast on the way is also better than skipping breakfast because it at least provides you with enough energy

What Nutrients Does Cereal Have? Vitamins: makes your body stronger and repair and rebuild your bones Protein: it builds and maintain cells and bones Minerals: aid enzymes and they are very similar to vitamins Carbohydrates: keeps your body moving

Why is Healthy Breakfast Important to us? Energy at the beginning of the day Improves your performance We both eat breakfast We hope that after the presentation you will want to eat breakfast everyday too!

An Example of a Healthy Dinner 1 8 oz. glass of milk 1 cup of carrot and celery/chicken breast soup (no noodles) 1 slice of multigrain bread

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Healthy Snacks Apples and peanut butter carrots and ranch whole wheat crackers and low fat cheddar cheese strawberry banana smoothie (milk, strawberries, banana, vanilla low fat yogurt) grapes pumpkin and raisin muffin a handful of almonds animals-10-per-cent_183.jpg

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