Five Easy Swaps for a Lighter Breakfast

Five Easy Swaps for a Lighter Breakfast

Breakfast sets the tone for the day. These five small swaps keep it filling while cutting sugar and adding protein.

Key takeaways

  • Flavored yogurt can hold as much sugar as dessert.
  • Rolled oats keep you full longer than most boxed cereals.
  • An egg on toast adds protein that keeps hunger away until lunch, for very little cost or effort.

Plain yogurt, sweet toppings

Flavored yogurt can hold as much sugar as dessert. Start with plain yogurt and add fruit and a little honey yourself.

Oats over cereal

Rolled oats keep you full longer than most boxed cereals. Make a batch of overnight oats on Sunday for the whole week.

Add an egg

An egg on toast adds protein that keeps hunger away until lunch, for very little cost or effort.