It’s a well-known fact that breakfast is touted as the most important meal of the day. And while this may be so, if there’s one subject I continually find my patients scratching their heads with, it’s how to create healthy recipe and meal ideas.

They search for a simple and tangible starting point when embarking on the (at times confusing) journey of changing their diet and lifestyle in the name of their health and healing.

And breakfast is certainly no exception. The time of the day where our bodies require nutrients the most, is also quite often our busiest (and hence most time poor) part of the day.

But with the nutrient density of our breakfast literally setting the tone for how our body will handle the day ahead, this meal is just too important to forget, ignore or put in the too hard basket.

So to really make breakfast count, and allow you to reap the reward of starting the day with a bang, here is my confusion-halting method for building an energy sustaining, concentration-boosting and blood sugar level balancing breakfast:

1. Start it with veggies

The cornerstone of our vitamin and mineral intake, banishing inflammation, alkalizing the body and proving plenty of fiber, we should aim for veggies to take pride of place on our breakfast plate. (Bonus points if they’re green!)

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2. Include some protein

The true key to strong energy levels and super concentration once you hit your desk, protein is needed to power our muscles, but also brain chemicals (neurotransmitters) that keep our brain engaged and firing on all cylinders.

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3. Add in some good fats

To keep those blood sugar levels balanced, use healthy fats as your ally. The last to leave our stomach and hence enter the bloodstream, fat is a slow release energy that keeps us full for hours. Goodbye hunting down a sweet snack come 10am!

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4. Support with carbohydrates

iew carbs as being an important part of each meal, but belonging to the chorus rather than the main cast. If you’re headed to the gym or walk to work, consuming a form of carbohydrate will be important to restore blood sugar levels and keep your energy high. Consume enough to help you feel full, without throwing your blood sugar levels into swings of peaks and troughs that will leave you craving sugar by mid-morning.

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Moving beyond breakfast, this is an incredibly simple formula to keep in mind for building all of your meals and snacks to be nutrient dense, energy sustaining, and most of all healing.

By understanding what constitutes a protein, good fat and carbohydrate, create your own nutrient dense meals one step at a time with the ingredients that sit in your pantry and fridge. Nothing complicated, fancy or expensive needed!

Food is where our best medicine lies, and you have the power to make breakfast one of your most nourishing meals of the day using this easy method.