The standard North American breakfast significantly contributes to our ongoing epidemic of poor health.

Whether it be obesity, diabetes, elevated cholesterol, fatty liver, inflammation, or metabolic syndrome, our breakfast is largely to blame. 

A typical tummy filling breakfast is carbohydrate rich, protein deficient, and nutrient void. 

These poor food choices: 

• increase appetite later on in the day,
• cause afternoon sugar cravings, 
• contribute to mood swings and energy crashes, 
• slow down metabolism, 
• set the stage for insulin resistance, and 
• promote inflammation. 

As you can see, food directly affects our physiology and our psychology. This influence is called epigenetics. Epigenetics explains how different influences, such as food, can affect which genes are turned on and which are turned off. The structure and composition of the genes themselves doesn`t change, rather their expression changes. As such, our food choices will influence whether our genes have a healthy or an unhealthy expression.