Have Healthy Breakfasts Gone Too Far?

A couple of weeks ago, I had a business meeting at a coffee shop and decided to order scrambled eggs with buttered toast. Such a simple, satisfying breakfast, right? Yet while I sat eating it, I started feeling this nagging sense that maybe I should be fueling up with something a little… cleaner. Visions of kale smoothies, avocado on seeded bread, and açai bowls all came to mind. It made me wonder if the current trend of all-healthy all-the-time may have gone too far, especially when it comes to the hyper-healthy breakfasts that are pervasive on social media. I’ve lost count of the number of interviews I’ve read where chic (incredibly fit) girls talk about starting every single day with a green juice, and as much as I enjoyed this article about what well-known people eat for breakfast, I’m realizing right now that I didn’t think twice about Alicia Silverstone’s “blanched greens with ume vinaigrette,” Meghan ...read the rest of the story here