Pancakes are some of the most popular foods in some parts of the world, usually eaten in the morning as breakfast, but they can be some of the unhealthiest as they usually contain a lot of fats, sugars, and carbohydrates.
But the following are three healthier versions, that you can eat instead of the traditional carbohydrate rich ones.
1. Protein pancakes
Protein pancakes are made with egg whites, eggs, hemp seed, hemp protein powder and garbanzo bean, which provide a massive amount of proteins for your body in the morning to speed up repairs and making of new cell and body structures. They are also rich in vitamins, antioxidants, minerals and many other nutrients that do a vast array of things for your body. Despite the name protein pancake, these pancakes are surprisingly sweet due to the fruits added, maple syrup sprinkled, caramelized pancake, vanilla, cinnamon, extracts of almond and banana. All giving you a total calorie count of 437 to start your day.
2. Lemon chia pancake
Any food that contains lemon, is most likely a great food for you, if you wish to lose weight. And it is no different in this situation. Lemon stimulates the body to burn off fat reserves, while it contains pectin fiber that prevents cholesterol in the digestive system from being assimilated into the blood.
Chia seeds contain omega 3 fatty acids that are great for your heart and helps to prevent inflammation to key body tissues like the walls of the blood vessels which would otherwise cause some symptoms and side effects of obesity like atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, high blood pressure and many other cardiovascular diseases. Blueberry jam and blueberries can also be added, giving a total calorie count of 365.
3. Scallion pancakes
This sunny side up scallion pancake is made with eggs, combining two breakfast foods to increase your morning joy. Eggs are a super food that contain a vast array of nutrients and minerals that improve your heart, eye, bone, brain and many other parts of your body, making you sharp and ready for the day ahead. When lemon zest is added with sliced scallions, your fiber intake is more than doubled, reducing the amount of cholesterol that your body assimilates and increasing the fat reserves burnt, hence leading to decrease in weight.
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