At the end of Dr. Kelly Brogan’s interview with Marie Forleo, Marie asks Dr. Brogan, “Where should people start?” and she says, “With breakfast”. I couldn’t agree more. I think if you can get your breakfast right, you’ve got a huge head start on your day.
If, like most women, you suffer from blood sugar swings, you need to start your day with protein. Protein is the best blood sugar stabilizer.
Here is the recipe for Dr. Brogan’s breakfast smoothie. I have to admit that although I am excited to try this recipe, I haven’t yet purchased some of the ingredients, but I wanted to share it here in case you wanted to give it a try:
The Kelly Brogan Smoothie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPF1udpUmfU
Serves 1
½ cup frozen cherries or other berries
8 oz coconut water or, or filtered water
3 T collagen hydrolysate (as a protein base) – Collagen hydrolysate is a protien food supplement high in amino acids glycine, proline, and lycine. It comes as a dry powder.
1 T sprouted nut butter or sunflower seed butter
3 large pastured egg yolks
1 T virgin coconut oil
1-2 T grass-fed ghee
1-2 T raw cocoa powder
Dr. Brogan says that this smoothie tastes like chocolate milk, and with all it’s good fats, keeps her full for a long time.
Give it a try and let me know what you think.
Rachel’s breakfast
Another reason I haven’t tried Dr. Brogan’s smoothie yet is because I feel like I have breakfast figured out for what works for me. I eat the same thing for breakfast every day. I love it and haven’t tired of it in almost 5 years now, but I realize that other people might need more variety.
I start my morning with what my sister calls, “Morning Sunrise.” 8 oz of water with a splash each of sole water , organic apple cider vinegar (I use Bragg’s organic because it is very easy to find and has “The Mother,” which the bottle states, “occurs naturally as connected strand-like chains of protein enzyme molecules.” And a squeeze of lemon.
I’ve read that you’re supposed to wait 30 minutes after drinking sole water before eating, but I usually don’t.
I saute spinach in coconut oil and sprinkle it liberally with Tumeric, which has natural anti-inflammatory benefits. With that, I eat 2 whole eggs, fried in coconut oil and slathered in Salsa.
This will usually tide me over until 9 or 10 in the morning, and which time I will have a banana and almond butter.
This usually tides me over until about 11. Around 11 I usually have a bowl of grapes and raw pecans.
It’s more like 1st, 2nd and 3rd breakfast than a traditional breakfast. But it works for me.
I would love to hear the go-to healthy breakfasts that you love.
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