The best of breakfast

by Martha Edwards (Subscribe to Martha Edwards's posts)
Mar 21st 2008 10:14AM

Categories: Diet & Weight Loss, Reviews & Products, Nutrition & Supplements

Occasionally grabbing breakfast on the run is one of those inevitabilities. After all, who hasn't overslept or woken up only to find that the last bit of cereal milk has been usurped by the last breakfaster? And grabbing breakfast on the go is better than not having any at all.

Yahoo health recently rated the top breakfast choices. Here are some picks:

McDonald's: Fruit n' Yogurt Parfait -- 160 cal, 2 g fat
Starbucks: Spinach, roasted tomato, feta and egg wrap -- 240 cal, 10 g of fat (but lots of protein and fiber)
Jamba Juice: Jamba Light smoothie -- 150-160 cal, 0 g of fat
Dunkin' Donuts: Four powdered donut holes -- 260 cal, 15 g of fat
Burger King: Nothing. Their food still has trans fats.

Want to find out what other breakfast dishes made the cut? Click here for the full list.

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carlabirnberg 3-22-2008 @ 12:34PM

huh.

whats missing from most of those?
ENOUGH PROTEIN.

can you says processedcarb *crash* and famishment?

MizFit
http://www.MizFitOnline.com

marcie0305 3-24-2008 @ 5:18PM

Doughnuts? Seriously? Ugh. I agree - that Starbucks wrap sounds pretty good but otherwise, crap. I'll take the Burger King egg & cheese croissant over sugary breakfast items any day. Not sure if there is trans-fat in the croissant, but still. And they list one of McDonald's salads as a breakfast choice. Is it really a breakfast choice? Again, if forced to eat at McD's for breakfast I usually get scrambled eggs and some pancakes (for the lack of a better choice). And their "syrup" is totally corn syrup with maple flavoring - along with all of the condiments you get there (for example very little honey in the honey mustard).

Most mornings I drink a big cup of soy milk and make it till lunch when I'm in a hurry.

~Marcie
http://feedingblackmail.blogspot.com/

Martha Edwards 3-24-2008 @ 5:38PM

I think when they listed these, they were looking strictly at the calorie and fat content of the foods, which isn't necessarily the best measure. I'm with you -- Donuts for breakfast is my absolute last resort. Give me something with protein any day.

marcie0305 3-24-2008 @ 10:31PM

You are totally right, Martha, we are "taught" to focus on calories and low-fat foods, but look at where this is getting us (us being Westernized nations)! I prefer to focus on: "the way mother nature intended" - or "quality vs. quantity"

~Marcie
http://feedingblackmail.blogspot.com/