Sep 21, 2020

 by Jase Robinson

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day - Discuss.

There are many myths about breakfast.  When should you eat it?  What should you eat?

Let me give you my routine and highlight why.

Traditional breakfasts the world over have one thing in common except for in the USA.  They are all high protein, high-fat meals.

The USA is the exception mostly due to 2 people: John Havey Kellog and Earl "Rusty" Butz.  You can click the links and check these guys out.  One was a lunatic and the other probably acted in what he believed was the right way only to create the unintended consequences of modern, population-wide metabolic syndrome in his quest to reduce US food prices.  As a result, Americans started to eat cereals for breakfast with disastrous effects.  We need to turn back the clock.

After sleeping all night (preferably 7-8 hours) while burning fat (unless you snack periodically during slumber) it is physiologically advantageous to continue this trend by rising and immediately engaging in exercise thus accelerating the effect.  The exercise not only increases the energy expended requiring more fat to be utilized but creates a catabolic condition (muscle and other tissues break down) requiring protein and fat for replenishment.  Thus, a high protein, high-fat meal is the perfect solution to re-equip the body for more activity later in the day.  This period following exercise is called the anabolic window and lasts around 2 hours from the end of the workout depending on the exercise intensity and duration.

This is the basis for our breakfast strategy.

Arise >> Exercise >> Eat protein and fat >> hydrate >> Get after it.

My own breakfast looks like this: 3 egg omelet with 1 oz of shredded cheddar cheese.  Same breakfast every day.  I don't need to think.  Crack eggs, whisk, skillet, sizzle, flip, sprinkle cheese, fold, melt, slam.

Now I only have to think about lunch and dinner.  Booyah.

Find something that works and stick with it for as long as you can.

Stay off the sugar.

Jase.