What some nutrition experts eat for breakfast

Writing for the health and fitness website Greatist.com, Brittany Risher asks 23 professionals (OK, calling them "the world's top health experts" is a little strong) what they eat every morning. You might yawn at some choices - David Katz, director of the Yale Prevention Research Center, says he has "blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, banana, and any other fruit in season; nonfat, plain Greek yogurt; whole-grain cereal from Nature's Path; and a bit of cinnamon."

Mike Roussell, author of The Six Pillars of Nutrition, opts for "a glass of plain kefir, scrambled eggs, spinach and feta cheese, and a side of prunes."

But read on: Valerie Goldstein-Berkowitz, coauthor of The Stubborn Fat Fix, has "a cup of rooibos tea, two smoked salmon cigars (sliced Alaskan salmon rolled with cucumber, avocado, tomato, and onion), and a small bowl of cottage cheese with almonds." Sports nutritionist and author Cynthia Sass says her go-to breakfast is "a chopped apple (skin on) blended with unsweetened coconut milk, coconut butter, unsweetened pea protein powder, a handful of fresh spinach, and fresh grated ginger."

You've got all that on hand, right?

And then there's Marion Nestle, the widely respected former chair of the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at New York University, who contradicts the oft-repeated mantra that everybody needs to start the day with a good breakfast: "I do like to have coffee," she says, "but just don't feel hungry in the early morning." After 11 a.m. or so, she says, "I go for cereal." - Washington Post