JJ Virgin explains why she gives her kids chicken or burgers for breakfast instead of cereal. High-carb cereal spikes blood sugar then crashes, leaving you hungry and shaky for hours. What you eat first sets the metabolic tone for your next meal.
Hey JJ, why do you think people should have chicken instead of cereal for breakfast?
Growing up, I always gave my kids chicken or burgers for breakfast instead of hitting them with a huge carb hit in the morning. When you start the day with cereal, you start the day with a blood sugar roller coaster you're never going to get off of. It's called the second meal phenomenon. What you eat at your first meal sets you up for your second meal. So if you start your meals, you start your day with a big carb hit, Now you're gonna shoot your blood sugar up, shoot it back down, it'll overcorrect, and you're gonna be hungry and hypoglycemic for hours.
