Eating breakfast is important. This is your one opportunity to put some serious nutrition in your body before the day gets crazy. Eating breakfast gets your metabolism going and sets you up to make better food choices throughout the rest of the day. That said, you don’t want to just throw any old thing in your body. You need plant-based fat, protein, and nutrients that are going to keep you going strong and that will prevent you from having a sugar crash at 10 A.M.
My sisters and I weren’t allowed to eat “sugared cereals” unless we were on vacation or it was a holiday. Otherwise, we weren’t permitted to get any cereal in which sugar was listed earlier than the fourth ingredient. So on every shopping trip, you could find all three Miller girls trolling the cereal aisle just praying that at least one frosted cereal would fit the bill. None ever did, but the experience made a lasting impact on all of us about how much ingredients matter and forced us to get creative about feeding a sweet tooth.