Breakfast Drinks - Our Top 5 Easy To Make Healthy Choices

Breakfast Drinks - Our Top 5 Easy To Make Healthy Choices

A healthy morning routine is a key to a productive day, and what you eat makes all the difference.  A nutritious breakfast can help revitalize your body — giving you the energy you need to stay focused and energetic throughout the day.  For a quick fix to help you get geared up for the morning ahead, try one of these healthy breakfast drinks.

Packed with energy and nutrients, milk is the go-to base for any breakfast drink.

Start your day with a single servingof fortified skim milk or opt for a healthy non-dairy alternative like soy or almond milk.

The protein  that milk provides has a satiating value that can leave you feeling fuller longer, while the vitamins and minerals in milk contain energy-boosting nutrients needed to sustain a healthy immune and circulatory system.

Eight ounces of skim milk will give you 30% of your daily recommended calcium intake, while almond milk will provide you 45% of your daily calcium per cup.

If you like your milk with a little bit more body, add one tablespoon of hearty rolled oats to a cup of milk and soak overnight. Come morning, the oats will be soft and your shake will be ready to go. Add unsweetened cocoa powder for an additional layer of flavor.

Eschew the processed sugar but not the sweetness with natural freshly-squeezed fruit juices.

Or go for 8-ounces of unsweetened frozen or bottled juices for a more convenient alternative.

Citrus fruit juices like orange and lemonade will help you meet your daily vitamin C intake while cranberry juice can support a healthy urinary tract .

These are the perfect wake-me-up juice drinks.

If you have a busy morning ahead of you opt for a quick and healthy protein shake.

A study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that ghrelin, an appetite-increasing hormone, decreased amongst participants who consumed high-protein breakfasts.

Good protein sources are soy, whey, pea, or hemp powder mixed with water or your milk of choice.

Caffeine may be the bad boy of breakfast stimulants, but caffeine in moderation boasts many health benefits .

A single cup of coffee contains [:

Riboflavin (Vitamin B2): 11% of the RDA.
Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5): 6% of the RDA.
Manganese and Potassium: 3% of the RDA.
Magnesium and Niacin (B3): 2% of the RDA.

When drinking coffee as a meal replacement make sure to “bulletproof” your drink by adding a source of healthy fat , like a teaspoon of coconut oil, to your coffee.

The star of breakfast beverages, smoothies are “de rigueur” for the health conscious.

A smoothie is a complete meal by itself, full of flavor and body-building goodness, and you can even take it with you in a travel glass.

Mix your smoothie with your choice of milk or yogurt for protein. For healthy fat, add a tablespoon or two of coconut oil or half of a small avocado.

Great additions to any healthy smoothie are flaxseed for the fiber, strawberries for vitamins K, C and folic acid and two ounces of coconut milk for healthy fat.

Make sure to stay healthily hydrated with water.

Go eight for eight — eight, eight-ounce glasses of water each day.

Try adding lemon or cucumber to your water for a tasty fruit infusion.