Cereal Killer

Do you know what, If there's one thing that really gets my goat it's food, whether it be he lack of, the over consumption of, the lack of taste of or he ridiculous amount of sh** to be found in some types of. Yes, I like food, nay love it, but I hate some peoples understanding (or lack of as the case more often than not appears to be) of it.

Now I'm not pretending that I'm an expert in matters culinary, but I try to enjoy food but more so understand what I'm putting in my body, and obviously this requires a little time and effort.............................which is why there is an ever increasing number of fat people about. Yes obesity is on the rise, in fact British women are now the fattest in Europe, and before my male readers drop their pies, put down their pints and begin jeering, we're not that far behind chaps!!!!

Now it's not rocket science before the usual defensive arguments start pouring in about the difficulty of eating healthily, if you consume more than you burn, you're going to put on weight, and before you start, no one can retain THAT much water!!!!

So where to start??? This is far too much to cover off in one simple blog, but a good place to begin is where we should all look to begin, and where the route of a lot of problems lie in my humble opinion........the breakfast.

Now some people avoid a breakfast (a cardinal sin), some people have toast, some people have fruit, but for most of us we settle for that staple friend, the mighty Cereal, but herein lies another problem. Cereal has everything you need for a good, well rounded start to the day, but it can also be a dietary kick in the nuts, or indeed the lady parts if indeed you are a lady. Opt for a cheeky bowl of porridge, and you'll get a nice steady energy release all morning, a great warm start to the day and it will keep you satisfied until you need to fed your face again at lunch time, preventing the onset of the mid morning munchies. Opt for a bowl of bran flakes and you've consumed a healthy dosage of your recommended fibre in take for the day, top with nuts and a banana, and once again you have the energy to get you through the morning, plus, guess what, you're on your way to your 5 a day...(sorry, I've just slapped myself for writing that!!).

The issue however still arises when people convince themselves that they don't like porridge, or bran flakes or any number of the multitude of high fibre all round good chaps of the cereal world, and instead opt for what is essentially a bowl of sugar........FOR FUCKS SAKE!!!!  Show me a fatty, and I'll show you a cupboard that if it does have cereal in there it will more than likely be Frosties, Cocoa Pops, Frosted Shreddies or any one of the dozens of 'normal' oat, wheat or corn based breakfasts.....but covered in sugar and chocolate. 

Now this may sem like a bit of a flippant rant, but I'm a firm believer in precedents, and if you start your day with a bowl full of sugar, you're going to increase the chances of you getting a taste for it, and wanting to replicate it throughout the day, and you train your taste buds to adore sweet things instead of actual flavours. Furthermore, once you gt a sugar crash, guess what quick fix you're going to consume to pick yourself up again???? Breakfast is the starting point to a healthy lifestyle, and Cereals are full of goodness and can set you up for the day if eaten in the right context and right dosage. However, like most things in life, some are better than others and will do different things to your body.

So next time you're wondering why your fly's a little harder to do up, or you're wanting a Mars bar at 10:00am, or maybe why you're out of breath getting in and out of the lift. Have a cheeky look at what you're using to fuel your body, you wouldn't put Cola in you car and expect it to run now would you? If you don't eat breakfast, give it a go and lets not be the country that everyone points and laughs at, there's enough Americans to corner that market! And remember, when you do waddle down the cereal isle next, be a tad more open with your possible choices, and stay away from the Cereal Killers.

I am Spafmonkey.......here me roar!