How About An Oatmeal Breakfast Smoothie To Recharge Your Morning?

By now you should know that starting your day with breakfast is healthy. But wait. Is that why you're shoveling three doughnuts and a slice of cold pizza into your mouth first thing in the morning?

I hate to break it to you, but that's not how it works. Just because you consume some sort of edible matter before noon isn't going to give you all the healthy benefits of eating breakfast.

What you eat for breakfast counts. Big time. This is where oatmeal comes in.

What's so great about oatmeal (and why you should eat it for breakfast)?

Well, we all know that a healthy breakfast needs a good combination of carbs, protein, fat, vitamins and minerals. The same goes for a healthy breakfast smoothie, a type of breakfast we love because it gives you more of that precious morning nap time, plus energy for the day.

So why have a breakfast smoothie with oats? Because oats are better than all other cereals. First of all, oats do double, even triple, duty in your breakfast smoothie. Not only do oats humbly serve as the hard-working carbohydrate component of your daily breakfast smoothie, they also contain protein and fat.

Yes! Lurking within the carbohydrate mass of oats is a protein heart, containing more essential amino acids than the proteins found in any other type of cereal. Essential amino acids are essential (as the name implies), but the human body cannot produce them (go figure), so it must obtain them from external sources, such as food.

More reasons why an oatmeal smoothie is good for you

Oats contain more fatty acids than any other type of cereal. About 45% of the fatty acids in oats are polyunsaturated fats . And those are the best ones, the ones that can help lower the level of bad cholesterol in your blood, thereby reducing your risk of heart disease and stroke. Polyunsaturated fatty acids' faithful companion, beta glucans, are fibers that also kick bad cholesterol's butt. And guess what, oats contain a whole lot of beta glucans, too! #victorious

Did we mention that the soluble fiber in oats helps you feel fuller longer (bye-bye, snacks!) and aids in digestion?

Meet Plenny Shake, your super easy oatmeal shake

Obviously, we're big fans of oats. That's why oats are one of the building blocks of our Plenny smoothie, giving you everything you need for a nutritionally complete breakfast smoothie.

Oats do the heavy lifting in Plenny Shake's essential combination of carbs, protein and fats that you need for the day. With the 27 vitamins and minerals we've added to the Plenny Shake recipe, you're ready to win at life, starting with breakfast.

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