Better Breakfasts: Healthy Oats, Grains & Egg Preparation

Fueling your morning requires high-fiber grains like oats or barley and healthy egg preparation techniques that support metabolic and cardiovascular health.

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Delicious pancakes with raspberries on the wooden kitchen table

Are Pancakes Fattening?

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Paula Quinene

Eating three large pancakes with butter, syrup and whipped cream can make you fat, especially if you eat over 3,500 calories in a day and are sedentary. Sitting down to a breakfast of two medium pancakes and a tablespoon of syrup after a workout refuels your muscles without enlarging the size of your fat cells.

Bread whole wheat , rye and barley on the plank table

What Is the Difference Between Bread Flour & High-Gluten Flour?

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Paula Quinene

Milling wheat for flour is a laborious process, but it produces flours of varying gluten content. Gluten has recoil and stretch properties, giving structure to your finished goods.

Paula Quinene is an Expert/Talent, Writer and Content Evaluator for Demand Media, with more than 1,500 articles published primarily in health, fitness and nutrition. She has been an avid weight trainer and runner since 1988. She has worked in the fitness industry since 1990. She graduated with a Bachelor's in exercise science from the University of Oregon and continues to train clients as an ACSM-Certified Health Fitness Specialist.