5 days ago
Why I would NEVER eat this common breakfast as a health and fitness coach
Two eggs on toast theoretically sounds like a wholesome, rounded breakfast.
But according to a health and fitness coach, this meal could inadvertently be setting you up for failure if you're aiming to be in the best shape possible.
Lewis Welsh, a London-based health coach from Team Superhuman, explained why the optimal breakfast meal for great health 'results' isn't necessarily what you might think.
'If you're a woman aiming to optimise your hormones and reach your best shape, here's exactly what you should be eating for breakfast,' Lewis stated in the second of a two-part Instagram video.
Placing a typical breakfast of fried eggs on two pieces of toasted white bread down on a kitchen counter, Lewis declared that this common meal was hormonally and nutritionally setting your body up for failure.
'If you eat toast and two fried eggs for breakfast, you'll be hungry in an hour,' Lewis explained in the first of the two-part Instagram video.
'The bread will spike your blood sugars. Two eggs just isn't enough protein. You're starting your day underfed,' he said.
So, how to improve it? Lewis suggested ditching the bread, increasing the egg count and adding a portion of fruit.
'Instead, if you eat six [scrambled] eggs with some fruit, you'll stay full, your blood sugars will stay stable, you have proteins, healthy fats and nutrients,' Lewis explained.
'You'll actually feel energised for the day.'
Eggs on toast wasn't the only seemingly healthy breakfast that Lewis took issue with in his viral Instagram video, which has been viewed over three million times.
Holding a very nutritious-looking bowl of oats and fruit, Lewis explained that this too was setting you up for nutritional failure.
'If you just eat oats and fruit, you're loading up on carbohydrates, you'll crash in the afternoon,' he explained.
'There's no real protein. It's a blood sugar rollercoaster.'
Lewis offered the suggestion of still having a bowl of fruit, but alternatively pairing it with Greek yoghurt.
'Instead, if you have some Greek yoghurt with some fruit – and some sardines on the side, you have a brain-boosting breakfast,' he suggested.
Lewis explained that this particular meal is 'going to help towards your muscle building goals, help with recovery and help you feel energised for the day.'
The well-meaning health advice videos have received reams of likes and over a thousand replies.
But the most-liked response was a hilariously astounded reaction to the feasibility of eating six eggs on a daily basis.
'6 eggs? With the price of eggs these days I'd need to lay my own to have 6 in one go lol,' read the top-liked reply.
'Who can actually eat 6 eggs at once? I can barely eat 2 and I love eggs,' chimed in another person.
But many commenters also appreciated the nutrient re-think of what constitutes a typical breakfast.
'Love your egg and fruit combination,' read one reply.
However, Lewis' second controversial breakfast recommendation was a little less well received among video viewers.
Protein-rich sardines are naturally divisive on account of their strong flavour - and the health expert's recommendation of them as a 'side' with fruit and yoghurt baffled commenters.
Viewers of health coach Lewis Welsh's video were stunned at his suggestion of adding sardines as a breakfast 'side'
'Greek yogurt with sardines on the side is wild,' read a much-liked comment.
'I'm sorry but who is eating Greek yogurt with a side of sardines for breakfast,' chimed in another.
'Nothing like sardine breath to start the workday,' a third person remarked.
