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Unhealthy Breakfasts: 4 Common Culprits That Contribute to Weight Gain

1. Western-style breakfast.
Many office ladies may go to work with a takeout ordered from a Western fast-food restaurant, such as hamburgers, fried chicken, or French fries. They are tasty, but their fat and calorie content are really higher than a Chinese breakfast, easily delivering fat. Besides, the vitamins provided by a piece of lettuce on a hamburger are far from our daily requirement. Try a Western-style breakfast coupled with a bowl of fruit or vegetable soup instead. It can fulfil the daily uptake of various nutrients while satisfying your desire.
2. Fruit and vegetable juice.
For keeping slim, many girls always drink a cup of fruit and vegetable juice instead of a nutritious breakfast. Vegetables and fruits are rich in fiber that is beneficial to detoxifying and cleansing the bowel, thus bringing you an excellent slimming result. However, have you ever taken your health into account? The sugar in fruit belongs to monosaccharide, which can be directly absorbed bu human body to provide the necessary energy. Whereas, the energy offered by fruit and vegetable juice is not enough to meet the physical requirement.The total energy they can offer can't meet your working demands in the morning at all. You will take in more calories once you feel hungry. Therefore, you had better eat some carbohydrates to replenish enough energy, such as Chinese steamed stuffed bun or minced pork congee with preserved egg.
3. Baked sesame cake or fried bread stick.
Most people would go to office with a traditional Chinese breakfast, such as fried bread stick or a fried cake. The truth is, fried dough stick is high in fat, about 220 calories each. Its nutrients will be destroyed to produce carcinogenic substances during deep-frying at high temperature. In addition, it will absorb considerable oil in the frying process, so it is not suitable for a long-term consumption. It is good for you to eat a Chinese breakfast no more than once a week. If you really like it, remember to match it with fresh vegetable or fruit at breakfast. Moreover, you might as well follow a light diet at lunch and dinner, without any fried foods.
4. Snacks.
Office workers are used to preparing some snacks at home or the company against a rainy day, such as rice cracker, biscuit, instant noodle and chocolate. Even some people may take them as a breakfast to hold the whole morning. Though it is convenient and delicious, it is bad for our health because of its high content of sodium, salt and oil. Human body is in a dehydrated state after getting up in the morning. Having dry snacks is not conducive to digestion and absorption. The raw material of most snacks are grains, they may provide us with enough energy in a short period. The reality is, we will feel hungry at soon, and the glucose level will drop dramatically near to noon. Eat a watery breakfast, and stay away from dry snacks. In addition, we should eat more fresh vegetables and fruits to satisfy the demands on various nutrients. Healthy weight loss refers to a balanced diet and proper exercise. We need to be brave to face difficulties during this journey. We can never give up, even though there is no big slimming progress. Sometimes, we can seek support from natural super slim and zi xiu tang without any side-effects.