Tuesday 1 February 2011

Biscuits for breakfast...

Having seen their pretty irritating advert I checked out the packaging for Belvita Breakfast Biscuits and was surprised to see that they advertise on the packet that these were developed with a nutritionist to provide a healthy breakfast. This is despite the fact they contain 25g of sugar per 100g.

I'm not sure where the idea of having a sweet breakfast came from but it seems that, apart from a fry up, most breakfast options are laden with sugar setting you off on an energy rollercoaster for the rest of the day.

As I discussed in my Haribo blog last week there is really no need to have any added sugar with breakfast. However, if you do like a sweet breakfast adding fresh fruit should be sufficient to make it sweet whilst keeping it healthy:

- add chopped apple and berries to plain natural yoghurt instead of eating sugary flavoured yoghurts.

- add grated apple or chopped banana to sweeten up porridge

- have muesli made without added sugar such as Rude Health, Alara or Neal's Yard brands

- start your day with a fresh fruit smoothie, always tasty and great with added protein and oats (POD have started making one for anyone who can't be bothered to make their own)!

I guess one convenience of 'breakfast biscuits' is their portability, but if you're on the run then Trek, Nak'd bars with oats or Fruitus bars can provide portable carbs as can Nairns oatcakes and rice or corn cakes ('Mrs Crimbles' sells handy corn cake packs).
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