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Are you going to give me the protein my budding body needs?

Are you going to send me into a hyperglycemic crash only to make me exhausted right about the time I open my books at school?

Ahh, breakfast. It is indeed the most important meal of the day.

I believe it is the meal that should take the most amount of preparation and dedication for several reasons.

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Mom was right; breakfast is indeed the most important meal of the day.

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It is hard to set time aside for the proper meal you need.

Give your physiology the same attention you will the freshly whizzed on carpet.

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Do not give into the quick fix genre of breakfast. By this, I mean no breakfast cereals.

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Eggs are fantastic, steak or chicken in a breakfast burrito is a good move as well.

The left over salmon from last night in an egg omelet is OK, too.

Cook up some large rolled oats and sweeten it with maple syrup and berries. Drink your water and if you are going to have fruit make it one with a lower amount of carbohydrates.

Any type of berry is OK; strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and the like are just fine. Try mixing your berries with natural, organic yoghurt.

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