Breakfast and running

Hello for the vast majority of people this is a breakfast that works : 

2 wheat biscs with 250ml of semmi skimmed milk 

A drink of water 

1 banana not long before you leave the house 

Make sure that you walk your banana on ( eat your banana wait untill it's settled in your tummy and go for a walk or paly some games that include physical activity ) . Unless you have any health conditions that prevent you from eating breakfast in this way you should start your day as described and never change .

These are some diet and lifestyle subjects i considered on the lead up to a run :

It takes around two hours for food to begin to move from the stomach into the upper intestinal tract via the pyloric sphincter.

 Try waiting for 2 hrs after eating breakfast before you eat any fruit , snacks or other meals , only have milk with your breakfast and a glass before bed if needed , try to avoid taking things like mint , fruits , vinigar , honey when consuming large amounts of milk .

Wheat is antinflamatory and positive for good gut function and oats provide energy and contain magnesium potassium and zink amongst other things they're good for your neurological and muscle function along with milk this breakfast helps aid good digestion and cognative function , it's sets you up for the rest of the day .

 An orange is a morning fruit to eat after 2 hrs have passed since breakfast time , after that nuts, oats bars, beans, eggs , pasta , rice for mid day meals . 

Fish is antinflamatory and good for many things tendons , ligaments and joints,  I have more citrus fruits when I eat fish .

 Remeber that testosterone is high in the morning after restful sleep and takes a dip approaching mid day , eat- hydrate - move - snack - hydrate - move eat - hydrate - move - snack - hydrate - eat- rest hydrate snack - sleep repeat .

Have potatos , root veg and meat / fish at night , eat one oily fish meal and one white fish meal per week .

 Before bed have a slice or two of toasted white bread with a drink of milk , water or coco .

Pasta pot examples  :

Stir in sauce

75 g per portion

add

A.M-mushrooms ( histamine regulation )

Afternoon-beans ( fiber ) / egg (fats /protine) / fish ( omaga 3,6-9 faty acids )

Evening-meet ( zink /iron /protine )/ fish (omaga 3,6-9 faty acids ) / cheese ( saturated fats / calcium / sodium )

Breakfast :

1 mug of water

2 wheat bixies with 275ml of semi skimmed milk

I wait for two hours due to being prescribed medications i drink another mug of water in this time then I eat my banana and walk .

Morning snacks :

1 Large orang or two satsuma

A brakfast oat snack bar .

Allow these to settle drink a mug of warm sumer fruit squash or a class of the same with cold water .

Dinner or mid day meal :

Pasta with bacon tomato stir in sauce + added portion of mixed beans and an egg 

Or pasta with stir in sundried tomato sauce tuna sweetcorn humus some green salad leaves and a squeeze of lemon

Fish oil supliment ( i dont take if im having a fish meal )

1 mug of warm water

Allow food to settle then do some physical activity .

Have a brief reciprocal conversation with questions and answers with someone you trust a parent friend or teacher , sometimes a shop can be a good place for this to happen in the morning , be polite and kind to your shop keep they are an essential part of your day , you are waking up your brain and body .

When I ran I drank more warter than usual on the lead up to my run and I took a sports hydration electrolyte drink with me to sip whilst I ran, I hadn't ran for a while due to injury but I did OK I didn't push myself and I'll try to build up my strength , resilience and fitness slowly , steadily and safley .

  • Weight one minuet maybe if wheat fills the stomach and intestins in the a.m then could it be depending on the size of a individual persons bowels that one wheat bixie with 125 ml of milk or a sutable milk substitute if required and a bowel of cereal is a better way Thinking. What if I had 1 wheat bixie with 125 ml of semi skimmed milk and a regular bowl of different varietie of cereals that I alternate , one day I may have cornflakes and the next day say rice crispies and so on and once or twice per week a bowl of a multi grain cereal . I've been taking two wheat bixies for a while now and yes I have improved a little especially with walking my banana on but I don't feel I'm functioning at my best and that there's room for improvement yet , I'm going to try another way and see how that works out . 

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  • Coeliac's have an allergy an actual histamine response, you can have a blood test for this. Many people end up wheat intollerant, because, I believe, from eating shop bought bread that's artificially blown up and not given enough time for the gluten to form properly. The long resting and kneeding times for traditional bread make it more digestable rather than ripping through the digestive tract.

  • The late Dr Michael Moseley was a much loved doctor and TV medical journalist. He was of the opinion that some people are not getting enough protein at breakfast and suggested that adding an egg to your breakfast would boost your daily intake. He said it is important to make sure breakfast is high protein to boost energy for the day ahead and to keep mid morning hunger pangs at bay. 

    Processed wheat such as wheat biscuits and pasta contain different percentages of protein. I sometimes eat pasta, but the difference in protein content between some of the brands is significant. I tend to buy pastas with the highest protein content.

  •  Coeliac ,gluten/wheat intolerant are in the minority and some people who class themselves as coeliac have just been poisoned by lactase on their milk or eating too many apples and similar types of fruits whilst having dairy products , if a person isn't lactose intolerant but use lactase or doesn't eat correctly then they can show symptoms similar to coeliac disease but they don't actually have the condition. 

  • Then there's those who are coeliac, gluten and wheat intollerant, the diet for almost everyone looks like a diet for fewer and fewer.

    Anglesey has a Fine Foods shop, they do deliveries and all thier meat is traceable, much of it is very local to here, probably the furthest it's travelled is to the shop from the farm. If you make a link from the capitalised words in the previous sentence you should be able to find it.

  • Horses love oats and they make them lively. Unfortunately oats don’t do that for me, so I will stick to weetabix for humans or bran flakes.

  • I don’t eat bacon as even the so called “outdoor bred” pork and bacon doesn’t guarantee that pigs, including nursing mothers, are not kept inside in horrendous conditions. I would like to be vegetarian but I haven’t managed to do more than reduce animal produce consumption. I shop around to source the most ethically produced products I can, but it is becoming increasingly difficult as the law seems to have changed on food labelling.

  • I don't like bacon, especially when it's crispy.

    Wheetabix seem more like a snack for horses than food for humans, I've never liked them. I'm not really a fan of breakfast cereal at all, I like porridge and I make a sort of overnight oats for summer.

  • Yes, even better!

  • Mock Blueberry Ice Cream sounds fun.

    I am thinking; maybe it would work well with some Greek Yoghurt too.

  • 1 in 10 people are estimated to be lactose intolerant in the UK alone, so that's the semi-skimmed milk out for starters.   

    Over 3.1m vegetarians who might not like bacon and tuna. 

    I don't think this is for the vast majority, as advertised. 

  • Most supermarkets stock bags of frozen blueberries and they are rather refreshing when eaten straight from the freezer or added to cereal. You can add them to a small amount of milk and mix to make a fast mock ice cream, although it would thaw very quickly.

    I usually have bran flakes too, but sometimes I have weetabix. I also like Linwoods Hemp hearts on my cereal but it is rather expensive so it isn’t a daily habit. Hemp hearts are high in protein. 

    I am going to try some of your walnut pieces on my cereal, but I’m not swapping my blueberries.

  • Sounds tempting.

    However, blueberries have 4.7 times more carbohydrate than walnuts. 

    Therefore, for me, it should be "either, or".

  • Why not go crazy and have walnuts AND blueberries?

  • Frozen Blueberries on cereal sounds fun. 

    I had not encountered that combination before.

    I often like a small handful of walnut pieces on 30 g Branflakes, plus 200 ml of milk (no sugar).

    (Maybe I should try swapping my walnut pieces for frozen Blueberries sometimes).

    I like fresh Blueberries, so that bodes well.

  • I am a cyclist and coffee is a must. I have muesli for breakfast or porridge. Pasta is great for energy. But I love cafe stops and good coffee or two. 

  • I would have difficulty with your routine. I like raw cacao nibs and frozen blueberries on my cereal in the morning, followed by a large espresso coffee. Both are healthy in moderation and raw cacao nibs have low amounts of caffeine compared to one coffee, plus magnesium which contributes to relaxation.  

  • Well I don't drink alcohol, I'm vegetarian and lactose intolerant, so your diet wouldn't work for me.

    But then I'm not allowed to do running as a form of exercise either as its too high impact.

  • Sorry not so much as one alcohol drink 

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