HOW TO MAKE: 3 HEALTHY BREAKFASTS FOR ATHLETES

W680 meal 4 best breakfasts for a fitter life gear patrol

By JEREMY BERGER 

Look no further than the fat-free food boom of the late 20th century to know that the prevailing wisdom about what constitutes healthy food has been, at times, dead wrong. It turns out that a fat-free Entenmann’s raspberry danish is bad, while a high-fat avocado is good. Of course, as food fads come and go there are always people who have advocated for eating whole, nutrient-dense foods that haven’t been processed; that wisdom, thankfully, is mainstream at the moment, and some of the biggest advocates are athletes for whom food is fuel — and the cleaner the fuel, the better the system runs. Cafe Clover in the West Village of New York City has taken this to heart, serving a menu of new American cuisine designed in collaboration with Peak Performance, a nearby gym that focuses on personal training and nutrition. Cafe Clover’s brunch menu is exactly the way we like to fuel on days that we’re working out, so we asked them to share a few recipes. Feel free to follow the basic instructions and skip the garnishes — or double the serving if your training requires bigger meals.  Read the rest at http://gearpatrol.com/2015/05/22/healthy-breakfasts-for-athletes/