The Best Fat-Burning Breakfasts

Health.com: The Best Fat-Burning Breakfasts

Eat one of these morning meals, and torch calories all day long.

By Shaun Chavis

You know that eating breakfast jump-starts your metabolism. But did you realize that certain a.m. choices can crank up your fat-burning even more?

The key: eating a breakfast that's high in Resistant Starch (RS). Found in foods like bananas and oats, RS actually signals your body to use fat for energy.

>Start your day skinny with these fat-blasting meals from Health magazine's new book, “The CarbLovers Diet.”

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Resistant Starch: 4.6g

Ingredients: Old-fashioned rolled oats, low-fat cottage cheese, eggs, vanilla extract, blueberries, cooking spray, Greek-style low-fat yogurt, maple syrup

Calories: 410

Try this recipe: Blueberry Oat Pancakes with Maple Yogurt

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Banana and Almon...

Resistant Starch: 5.6g

Ingredients: Almond butter, rye bread, banana

Calories: 280

Try this recipe: Banana and Almond Butter Toast

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Breakfast Barley...

Resistant Starch: 7.6g

Ingredients: Water, pearl barley, banana, sunflower seeds, honey

Calories: 410

Try this recipe: Breakfast Barley with Banana and Sunflower Seeds

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In a Rush?

Reach for a Resistant Starch-packed banana and one of these on-the-go options—you'll still get the healthy carbs and calories you need to start your day in slim-down mode!

Order to go!

Panera Bread Strawberry and Granola Parfait: 310 calories
Dunkin' Donuts Ham, Egg White, and Cheese Sandwich on a Wheat English Muffin: 300 calories
Jamba Juice Coldbuster Smoothie (16 ounces): 250 calories

Keep a stash in your kitchen:

Aunt Millie's Whole-Grain Blueberry Muffins: 170 calories
Kashi TLC Pumpkin Spice Flax Crunchy Granola Bar: 170 calories
Amy's Kitchen Breakfast Burrito: 270 calories

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Insider Secret

Choose a banana that's tinged with a little green for even more Resistant Starch. Once the fruit ripens, the starches in it turn to sugar, and the amount of Resistant Starch it contains drops.

An underripe banana has 12.5 grams of RS (enough to take care of the minimum 10 grams of RS daily that's recommended in “The CarbLovers Diet”); a ripe one has 4.7 grams.

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