January 16, 2008 by Kavit Haria

My current breakfast plan

My current (and favorite to date) breakfast plan is a very simple and elegant one.

I get up at 7am and have a pint of water usually on it’s own as I like the taste of water. During the course of the night, we lose a lot of water through our breathing, snoring and heat so drinking a glass of water is essential to internal detoxification, cleansing and recycling. Regardless of what you have for breakfast, I highly recommend you drink a glass of water as soon as you get up. If you don’t like water, squeeze some fresh lime into it for taste.

By 7.30am I’ve had a shower and am ready to go. Between 7.45 and 8am, I make and drink a half pint of freshly squeezed carrot, apple and ginger juice. I love juicing fresh fruits. I usually buy enough fruits to last me the whole week at the weekend but if I run out, I will go to the shop and get some more. I also select fruits from the supermarket to ensure they ripe in time for when I need them. With fresh juice, you can also consume a lot more fruit than you would by eating it.

It is important to eat your fruit at least 30-60 minutes before a meal as it is water-rich and composed of simple sugars which are digested in the small intestine. If you eat fruit after a meal, you stop it from reaching its required destination, the small intestine, as it gets stuck in between food in the stomach. This is all part of the science of food combining and I have written about this particular item in more depth in my book How to Live Healthy in an Unhealthy World. Get it free here.

At 10am, I eat a handful of fresh berries with almonds or cashew nuts. I have decided in this current breakfast plan not to eat a proper meal before noon and for that reason I make up a mix of good nutritious stuff by having some kind of berries or grapes with a handful of nuts. 

At 11.15am, I eat a healthy fruit salad. During this time, I try not to mix too acidic fruits with those that are not too acidic. Each requires different enzymes to digest the fruits and a large mix of un-similar fruits will disturb the system. Usually, I would have pineapple with apple or grapes. Or pear with kiwis, melons, bananas, oranges. The best way is to chop them all up into small pieces and mix up into a bowl of fruit or a “fruit salad”

At 12.00, I proceed to prepare a delicious lunch. Breakfast is officially over and in another post I’ll cover lunch options I’m currently on.

The underlying message is that I consume a lot of fruit in the morning when my system is empty and can take up a lot of its required nutrients, vitamins and minerals from fruits very easily. At lunch, I’ll introduce the proteins and/or carbs. The other important message is planning. Plan your breakfast (or any meal) in advance and work at it and as a result you’ll see your benefits more readily. 

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