A Not-So-Healthy Twist On Popular Breakfast Foods

Published on January 18, 2016
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Pre-Made Smoothies

Breakfast smoothies are awesome when they are made by the hands of people who know how to balance flavor with health. Unfortunately, most pre made, store bought smoothies end up lacking the proper attention to your diet needs. When you buy a store bought smoothie you are going to get something full of sugar, blended with poor ingredient, and spiked with additives to keep your taste buds engaged. On top of all of these negatives, you’ll also see a huge price hike on the pre made smoothies. Instead of opting out of smoothies you should take some time to make your own.

Blend this together instead: healthy greens, like spinach or kale, with some almond milk, fruit, and ice.

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Pre Made Smoothies

Store-Made Granola

Granola is surprisingly one of the trickier breakfast options, as it’s commonly assumed it’s one of the healthier choices, when guess what guys, it’s not. Yes, this is heartbreaking news to us as well. And what’s even more heartbreaking is the fact that store-bought granola can actually have very similar, if not the same, nutritional value as a giant glazed doughnut. The included ingredients of store-bought granola can be decieving as we automatically correlate granola to healthy.

Make homemade granola instead: buy nuts, seeds, whole grain oats, and spices and mix all ingredients together into a big plastic bowl. And for that extra crisp and wholesome flavor, pour the mixture onto a cookie sheet, drizzle some date honey over the top, and put into your oven for 10-15 min — you don’t want your creation to burn.

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Granola

Granola