In today’s fast-paced world, Americans often start their day with instant foods, which almost always means salty foods. Whether they eat a sausage biscuit from a drive-through or hurriedly eat a bowl of ready-to-eat cereal, they usually consume excessive levels of unhealthy sodium and refined salt whenever they choose convenience for breakfast over nutrition. Few of us realize it, but the nutrition we receive during breakfast can have a huge impact on how we feel and even on what we eat the rest of the day. Judging from my clients’ cases, too many people lag in energy because they eat the wrong foods for breakfast. They mistakenly believe all protein and fats are bad and all carbohydrates are healthy, so they avoid quality foods—like eggs—that could keep them going for hours. Instead, they load up on nutrient-poor processed carbohydrates such as white bread, croissants, English muffins, and bagels. These foods are so tasteless on their own (having been stripped of the very parts that give them the most flavor) that they often have to be made with salt or topped with a salty spread like butter to be palatable.
