1. Oatmeal in Overdrive–oatmeal is becoming a real mainstream staple
2. Chocolate for Breakfast–with its healthful benefits, chocolate is being promoted as a breakfast product
3. Fast Foods Battle Over Breakfast–the breakfast daypart has become the key battleground in the quick service restaurant category
4. Haute Coffee Comes Home–to save money, caffeine-seekers are opting to brew their own coffee at home
5. Ethnic Invasion–global influences start to creep into the morning meal
6. Beverage Choice Choke–breakfast drink menus keep expanding beyond coffee and O.J.
7. Hot Pizza in the A.M.–pizza is predicted to be one of the hottest menu items for breakfast
8. Breakfast Ingredients All Day Long–breakfast ingredients work their way into other parts of the daily menu
9. The Breakfast Two-Step--a pattern of people fueling up with caffeine and protein in a two-stage process
10. Eggs Crack the Top Ten–eggs to hatch a big comeback this year
1. A better attention span, focus and better productivity.
2. Maintaining a healthy weight.
3. Setting an example for your children.
4. Essential nutrients.
5. Eating breakfast can reverse the effects of fasting: irritability and fatigue.
6. Lower cholesterol, which reduces the risk of heart disease.
7. Eating a healthy breakfast has been linked to better learning ability and memory functions.
8. Increase your metabolic rate.
9. Eating breakfast can have long term effects and prevent Obesity, High Blood Pressure and Diabetes.
10. Breakfast foods are delicious!
1- Kid’s yogurt
A better option: “Freeze any wholesome real yogurt and put in your kid’s knapsack. You’ll ditch all the additives and send him to school with a truly healthy treat.”
2- Instant oatmeal
A better option: Microwave whole oats in a glass dish (following the directions using low-fat milk or water). Stir in a quarter-cup of raisins and, voila, a naturally sweet breakfast.
3- Fruit juice
A better option: Pack an orange, an apple or a cup of applesauce. And if you do serve juice, March says go for 100% natural fruit juice, not concentrate, and limit kids to one 8-ounce serving a day.
4- Kid’s meals
A better option: Insist your kid be able to order a half-size portion of adult foods — you set the example.
5- Fish sticks
A better option: Grilled or baked fish.
6- Peanut butter
A better option: Look for brands with one or at most two ingredients: peanuts and maybe salt.
7- Rice cakes
A better option: Whole-wheat pita chips with hummus or peanut butter. To make your own, slice a whole wheat pita into quarters and lightly spray with cooking spray. Bake until lightly crunchy.
8- Breakfast bars
A better option: A cup of yogurt with a cup of crunchy low-sugar cereal stirred in.
9- Fruit snacks
A better option: An apple.
10- Fat-free foods
A better option: Read the labels and look at the calories and sugar per serving. Although it might feel counterintuitive, fat-free just might be more fattening
According to Wallet Pop
1. The Waysider — Tuscaloosa, Ala.
2. Stoby’s — Conway, Ark.
3. Anzu — San Francisco, Calif.
4. Boulette’s Larder — San Francisco, Calif.
5. John O’Groats — Los Angeles, Calif.
6. LewMarNel’s at the Best Western Station House Inn — South Lake Tahoe, Calif.
7. Mrs. Olson’s Coffee Hut — Oxnard, Calif.
8. Nate ‘N Al — Beverly Hills, Calif.
9. The Breakfast King — Denver, Colo.
10. Quaker Diner — West Hartford, Conn.
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