Greetings.
It's Eric Bakker.
Author of Candida Crusher, formulator of the CanXida range of products.
Thanks for checking out this video today.
I've got an interesting video today.
We're going to talk about the five breakfast mistakes to avoid.
So, try not to do these things.
You're going to feel a lot better, your weight's going to come off, energy's going to go up,
sleep's going to improve, digestion's going to improve.
Breakfast is king.
Always remember that.
Breakfast is king, dinner is prince, sorry lunch is prince, dinner is pauper.
Breakfast is the big one.
A lot of people will tell you, you should never skip breakfast, but we're going to talk
about that, too.
So, let's go to number one: digital breakfast.
So, eating when you've got your mobile phone in your hand and checking out who likes you
or posting pictures of your food or looking at a crazy cat video or something dumb like
that.
So try and put these things away when you're eating.
When I was in Las Vegas recently and I sat down in a buffet to eat, I found most people
on their devices when they're having food.
If that's what you're doing, to me, it's a bit like driving a car when you're on your
mobile phone.
Those two things don't really go together because they require concentration and I think
food does, too.
It needs relaxation and concentration.
So, having a digital breakfast is not a great idea.
Eating breakfast in front of your TV�hearing about the latest political crap that's happening.
Not a good idea.
So, that's a mistake a lot of people make today is actually eating food with some kind
of device.
So, that's mistake number one.
Number two: not eating breakfast at all.
I've got 20 percent of people not eating their breakfast at all.
They just totally skip breakfast.
They might have a cigarette.
They might have a cup of coffee, but they eat no food until around 12:01.
People with the biggest weight issues tend to do that.
Eating early in the day tends to have a much better effect on your metabolic rate later
in the day.
It also improves your concentration, your energy, your fat burning and your blood sugar
regulation.
You don't have to eat when you get up.
You may want to eat 8 o'clock.
You may want to eat 9 o'clock.
It's important to eat some kind of food.
Some people don't eat until they're hungry.
That's fine, too.
But when your metabolism is working well, you'll be hungry and you want to eat some
food.
A cup of coffee is not a good breakfast.
You need to have more than just a caffeine and sugar load.
That's mistake number two is skipping breakfast entirely.
Don't skip.
If you don't want to eat early, eat a little bit later on.
Preferably have a good three to four hours between breakfast and lunch if you are going
to push it down a little bit.
Number three: sugar in breakfast.
Coffee, donuts, or some kind of cereal containing high fructose corn syrup.
I previously did a video where I spoke a lot about high fructose corn syrup.
And when I was walking around in a supermarket in Los Angeles, I found over half the foods
contained this junk.
So when you watch my video previously I've done on it, I explained about leptin and ghrelin
and different hormones that are affected by this corn syrup.
You'll find it a lot in diet drinks.
Research from about 10 years ago has shown that diet drinks, in fact, make people fatter
than cola drinks with plain sugar in it.
The high fructose corn syrup has an ability to make you want to have more sweet stuff.
It also increases your appetite, so you want more and more of it.
Be careful of cereals containing high fructose corn syrup.
Yogurts, chewing gums, muesli bars, many like health foods actually contain this kind of
junk in them.
Just be aware of that.
Sugar, as you know, is really bad for breakfast in the morning, so preferably don't have things
that are very sweet for breakfast, which leads me to point number four.
Not enough protein.
Many people have just a smoothie in the morning and often there's not enough protein in there.
A friend of mine when I was in Los Angeles recently, we spoke about the need to � I
said, �Why don't you eat an apple every day?
It'll really improve your gut function.� He said, �Oh, no worries.
I'll just put it in my smoothie in the morning.� I said, �No.
Don't do that.
Actually chew the apple.
Eat it.
It's going to stimulate the gut.
It's going to be a lot better for the digestive system.
It's going to provide a nice good substrate in the gut to build healthy bacteria.
Chewing leads to better pooing.� The protein is a big one because the protein is really
going to help control your appetite.
Sugar increases it.
Protein delays it.
It takes a long time for protein to break down, so eggs for breakfast to me is superb.
You may not want it every day.
Avocado.
You may want to have even a protein drink in the morning.
That's another option.
You could look at a high protein drink.
Then an hour or two later have a piece of fruit.
Something to eat.
So that could be a benefit if you're in a hurry.
But there are many high protein foods you can eat for breakfast, but eggs are one of
the best.
You can also get cereals that are high in protein.
Good natural cereals that contain some nuts and seeds, but don't contain this high fructose
junk in them.
The fifth one is not enough fat.
Fat is very important.
Many people still believe if you avoid fat, you won't get fat, so they eat carbs.
There are many people still my age, the baby boomers, caught in that time warp where they
were told to avoid fat because fat is bad for you, bad for your heart, and pasta's good.
Some people still believe that.
Relying on fat is very, very satisfying for the body in terms of appetite control and
good fats promote very good cellular health.
Bad fats, the bad fats like deep fried foods and hydrogenated fats found in a lot of crap
in the supermarket again, they actually accelerate aging and promote oxidative stress, free radical
damage.
These things make you look a lot older than you are.
They accelerate it.
They push into disease states.
So what are some healthy fats you can eat?
Coconut fat.
Organic non-GMO sunflower oil.
There are many different oils and fats.
A good quality butter is very good, even lard.
If you can get a good quality lard, which people used 100 years ago, it's a great fat
to cook in, for example.
That's just a few solutions for you.
Be careful of those five things.
I'll just run through them again quickly, so you remember them.
Digital breakfast.
Avoid these blipping things when you're eating.
Put them away.
You don't need to look at all this stuff.
Skipping breakfast altogether.
Not a good idea.
Even if you delay it, just eat something.
Sugary breakfast.
No good.
Not enough protein and not enough fat.
Five mistakes that many people make.
Thanks for tuning in.