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On Instagram, dietician Claire Trommenschlager compares two breakfast dishes with the same amount of calories… but with completely different nutritional intake.
To ensure that we maintain our constant weight, it may be logical to pay attention to the number of calories ingested on our daily dishes. Bad idea, explains Claire Trommenschlager, dietitian and author of the book Happy Dieting (1), in an Instagram post from March 8. To prove it, he compares two types of breakfast and explains that the essential thing in nutrition is not quantity but quality.
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Two meals, two atmospheres
Left: 5 pancakes, homemade cocoa sauce, blueberries and half a banana, all accompanied by a hot sugar-free drink. Right: 3 biscuits and a 25 centiliter glass of orange juice. Here are the two dishes compared by the dietician. Even if the part on the left is bigger than the one on the right, these breakfasts have the equivalent of 380 kilocalories. The plate full of pancakes is, however, much healthier, with its “nutritional density (amount of vitamins and minerals per calorie)” is higher.
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And for good reason, “for the same number of calories, the breakfast on the left provides you with carbohydrates rich in fiber, proteins, vitamins and minerals, as well as satiety and energy”, he explains. On the contrary, fruit juice and ultra-processed cookies are fast sugars, which cause a spike, then a drop in blood sugar. During the morning, you risk feeling “cravings” and a “craze”, which will push us towards sweet treats.
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The body is not made to consume sugar quickly absorbed at breakfast, we have already learned in a previous article. In the morning, “our body ideally needs protein (eggs, cheese, butter, etc.) because it needs dopamine, the neurotransmitter that “starts” the day, allows concentration and energy, nutritionist Isabelle informed us Descamps.. If we consume sugar, it will sit on dopamine receptors and prevent the molecule from doing its job.
However, there is no need to completely ban fruit juices and cookies from our diet. But these pleasure foods must be part of a balanced diet, concludes the dietitian.
(1) Happy Dietingby Claire Trommenschlager, Edizioni Solar, 240 pages, €21.90.