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Breakfast is the most important meal of the day – regardless of whether you are trying to lose weight, maintain weight or promote a healthy lifestyle. Eating a well-balanced breakfast helps you feel more energized throughout the day, boosts metabolism and can even promote weight loss. But the trick is to eat healthy meals in the morning that incorporate multiple food groups and lots of vitamins and minerals.
It is difficult for most of us to cook a big breakfast in the mornings - our routines, families and chores quickly build up and get in the way. But there is an easy way to have a healthy breakfast in no time, with a simple recipe you can prepare in five minutes before you go to bed each night. We're talking about overnight oats.
Why Overnight Oats Are Great For Weight Loss
Overnight oats are simple to make. They require rolled oats, Greek yogurt and milk - all of which provide a ton of healthy nutrients. All you do is mix these ingredients together and let it sit overnight, and in the morning you have a meal rich in fiber, calcium and protein - which boost fat-burning and weight loss. Plus, you can flavor your oats in many ways.
Key Benefits Of Overnight Oats
- High in vitamins and minerals including phosphorus, magnesium, copper, iron and zinc, in addition to fiber, protein and calcium
- Contains probiotics that promote overall gut health
- Fast and easy to make
The Best Healthy Overnight Oats Recipe
The absolute best way to make overnight oats when trying to lose weight is with cinnamon, because cinnamon adds flavor and has properties that help speed the metabolism. Our favorite cinnamon overnight oats recipe calls for oats, yogurt, milk, cinnamon, honey and a bit of sugar.
Get the full recipe: Meatloaf And Melodrama
