My favorite breakfast, if not my favorite meal, is bacon,
eggs, home fries, biscuits and sausage gravy.
It is filling, tasty and satisfying.
It is also full of saturated fat, cholesterol, white flour, white potatoes
and other unhealthy items. But, this
entire meal is not unhealthy. Aside
from the biscuits and gravy, this can be a healthy meal.
Buttermilk biscuits with sausage gravy are so tasty. But, they lack any nutritional value. Gravy is just flour, butter and whole
milk. As I learn more about nutrition, I
have learned that flour should not be in anyone’s diet. During the last month, I have geared my diet
to more of a keto diet. Under a keto
diet, butter and whole milk are good.
So, maybe a little flour isn’t so bad.
I’m kidding. Flour is bad.
If flour is bad, nothing about a biscuit can be good. Biscuits, although tasty and filling, are
empty calories. They may fill your belly
briefly, but they offer nothing nutritionally.
Many people crave bread. The way
to get rid of that craving is to stop eating anything with sugar. Three weeks after starting a keto diet, I
have no cravings for sugar. Sure, it is
tasty and good. But, when you eat sugar,
you crave sugar, resulting in overeating.
If home fries are made properly, they are another thing I
enjoy. But, like biscuits, they have
little nutritional value. They are made
with white potatoes, butter and oil.
White potatoes in and of themselves have nutritional value. But, they are dense with sugar. For purposes of avoiding foods dense in
sugar, they should be avoided on any diet.
For those that like sweet potatoes, I found a recipe for sweet potato
home fries http://thescrumptiouspumpkin.com/2012/11/16/skinny-sweet-potato-home-fries/. This recipe, when made with olive oil is much
more nutritional than home fries with white potatoes. I haven’t tried this. Unless it’s my assistant’s sweet potato casserole,
I do not eat sweet potatoes.
Everyone loves bacon.
As it turns out, it might not be as bad as you thought. The down side to bacon is the salt and the
nitrates. But, it is high and protein, vitamin B, and other minerals. Despite what you have heard, bacon is not bad
for you. So, enjoy. Check out www.authoritynutrition.com/is-bacon-bad-or-good.
Eggs had a bad rap.
Everyone agreed they were good for you.
Then, it was believed eggs were bad for you. Now, they are back to being good for
you. People still avoid the yolks, but
that is where the nutrition is. Egg
whites give you protein, but little else.
Yolks contain many essential vitamins and minerals. People seem to avoid yolks because they have cholesterol
in them. SO WHAT!! One of the biggest fictions propounded by
experts is that the intake of cholesterol increases our serum cholesterol. Bogus!
(Note: If you want to know more about cholesterol, I recommend the book “Cholesterol
Clarity”)
Other than noting that bacon and eggs are good breakfast
staples, this post offers no other point.
Enjoy.
