Breakfast provides the brain with its first source of energy every morning. Fueling the brain is key for focus, clarity, and optimal functioning throughout the day. Even if you happen to followToday, most people in the U.S. associate breakfast with colorful cereals, overloaded bagels and breakfast sandwiches, baked goods that border on dessert, and coffee drinks that are barely distinguishable from milkshakes.
Fortunately, as the Director of Nutritional, Lifestyle and Metabolic Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, my research and clinical work has helped me learn that there are plenty of other options for your morning routine that can help enhance your mental fitness. And as a chef, I know those healthier choices can be delicious and easy to prepare.