Add Peanut Butter and Banana to Your Breakfast

It’s important to start your day with a healthy, nutritious breakfast.  Aim for balance, including muscle-building protein and high-fiber.

Adding peanut butter to your breakfast is an easy way to ensure that you incorporate protein into your morning meal, with minimal time-consuming preparation.

Nutrition guru Amanda Carlson-Phillips suggests the following breakfast ideas:

A peanut butter and banana sandwich can be prepared in only 5 minutes and requires three ingredients: 2 slices of whole wheat bread, 2 tablespoons of peanut butter, and 1 banana.  This sandwich delivers 10 grams of protein, 6 grams of fiber, and 290 calories.

Peanut butter and banana oatmeal takes only a few more minutes to prepare.  You’ll need 1 cup of oatmeal (prepared according to package instructions), 1 sliced banana, 1 tablespoon of peanut butter, and a handful of nuts (your choice).  This recipe yields 21 grams of protein, 9 grams of fiber, and 530 calories.

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Your thoughts?

Whole Grain Doesn’t Always Mean High Fiber

I think everyone should be able to read and understand food labels, but I don’t always like the way manufacturers use this information to mislead us.  For example, just because a product claims to be “whole grain” doesn’t necessarily mean it is high in fiber.

As a matter of fact, the criteria for a food to be able to claim “100% Whole Grain” and “Whole Grain” are based on whole grain — and not fiber — content.  That’s why sugary cereals can claim to be whole grain and contain just 1-2 grams of fiber per serving.  Some of these whole grain foods contain more sugar and calories than those without the whole grain stamp.

You’re better off looking for foods with a 10:1 ratio of carbohydrates to fiber, or lower (Cheerios, for example, has a 7:1 ratio).  Foods with this ratio have more fiber and less sugar than those foods with higher ratios.

Get STRONGER, Get FASTER!

Your thoughts?

Add Peanut Butter and Banana to Your Breakfast

It’s important to start your day with a healthy, nutritious breakfast.  Aim for balance, including muscle-building protein and high-fiber.

Adding peanut butter to your breakfast is an easy way to ensure that you incorporate protein into your morning meal, with minimal time-consuming preparation.

Nutrition guru Amanda Carlson-Phillips suggests the following breakfast ideas:

A peanut butter banana sandwich can be prepared in only 5 minutes and requires three ingredients: 2 slices of whole wheat bread, 2 tablespoons of peanut butter, and 1 banana.  This sandwich delivers 10 grams of protein, 6 grams of fiber, and 290 calories.

Peanut butter and banana oatmeal takes only a few more minutes to prepare.  You’ll need 1 cup of oatmeal (prepared according to package instructions), 1 sliced banana, 1 tablespoon of peanut butter, and a handful of nuts (your choice).  This recipe yields 21 grams of protein, 9 grams of fiber, and 530 calories.

Get STRONGER, Get FASTER!

Your thoughts?

Whole Grain Doesn’t Always Mean High Fiber

I think everyone should be able to read and understand food labels, but I don’t always like the way manufacturers use this information to mislead us.  For example, just because a product claims to be “whole grain” doesn’t necessarily mean it is high in fiber.

As a matter of fact, the criteria for a food to be able to claim “100% Whole Grain” and “Whole Grain” are based on whole grain — and not fiber — content.  That’s why sugary cereals can claim to be whole grain and contain just 1-2 grams of fiber per serving.  Some of these whole grain foods contain more sugar and calories than those without the whole grain stamp.

You’re better off looking for foods with a 10:1 ratio of carbohydrates to fiber, or lower (Cheerios, for example, has a 7:1 ratio).  Foods with this ratio have more fiber and less sugar than those foods with higher ratios.

Get STRONGER, Get FASTER!

Your thoughts?