3 tips to elevate your breakfast for ultimate skin health
I have not always eaten breakfast 🫣 it is a recent habit in the last 3 years to ensure I eat in first 2 hours of waking. I’ve found this is what works for me, my body, my hormones, genetics and lifestyle. 👌🏻
Honestly don’t know why it took my 34 years to start this habit 😳, I’m a seriously unhinged woman without brekkie….
But I know I am not the only one, many of my 1:1 clients require coaching on getting the right kind of breakfast for their body and lifestlyle, and I want to share with you 3 tips I often give to help get them started.
Think of breakfast like your Queen meal of the day
That doesn’t mean she gets a cold bit of toast or soggy cereal, but a royal helping of all that meals have to offer.
Think of it like any other meal including a quality source of protein (15-30g ideally), complex carbohydrates and lots of COLOUR.
See my Diet is the Ultimate Skincare guide for more tips on eating for skin health.
Leftovers are A-OK and can really help boost the variety count of your meal
I’ll often make extra veg or potatoes at dinner so I know I have something on hand to throw alongside eggs in the morning. Eating well for your body and skin really can be that simple.
Add nutrition and flavour with added extra’s
One tip I always get great feedback from my clients on is to stock up on jars of pesto, salad dressings, fermented foods, olives and fresh herbs to add a sprinkling of gut and skin loving goodness to what might otherwise be a pretty basic meal. This is giving your breakfast ( + gut + hormones + skin) the queen treatment!
Some days though even the best of intentions can fall to the side so here are 2 of my breakfast ‘hacks’ if you will for when I just need something quick, easy and grabbable.
Bio&Me Granola - I love how packed with fibre this shop bought brand is, plus its normally always on sale too! A 60g portion has about the same protein as an egg (7g) so you want to have with 1/2 cup of yoghurt and 1 tbsp each of sunflower and pumpkin seeds to bring it up to just under 15g protein.
Purition Protein powders - these come in a variety of different flavours and use nuts and seeds as their protein source making them vegan and a great source of fibre too. You can simply add to water of in a smoothie recipe - check out my Raspberry Zinger Smoothie recipe here.
