Foods that Give You More Energy

To get energy it is important to incorporate certain meals with foods that keep you energized throughout the day. In a constantly bustling life, it is important to be able to sustain our systems day in and day out, without having our energy levels fizzle out. Lots of sleep is necessary to reboot one's powerhouse, in order to stay alert throughout the day. The last thing you need is to doze off during an important meeting or lecture.

Healthy Energy-giving Foods List

With these foods stocked up in your refrigerator, rest assured that your day will fall in as planned since your mind and body is in sync due to your energy food intake. Just be sure to load up on these during breakfast, and carry some as snacks to munch on throughout the day.

• Bananas
• Turkey sandwich
• Yogurt
• Red peppers
• Cereal
• Apples
• Soy crisps
• Nuts (cashews, almonds, hazelnuts)
• Hummus
• Whole grain breads
• Fish (especially tuna and salmon)
• Glass of fresh fat-free milk
• Oats
• Ginseng
• Avocados
• Beans
• Dark leafy vegetables
• Leafy greens like lettuce and cabbage
• Seeds (sunflower and pine)
• Lots of water
• Pure fruit juice (with no added preservatives or additives)
• Whole grain pasta
• Oranges
• Eggs
• Lentils
• Bran muffins
• Lean roast beef
• High-energy protein bars
• Watermelon
• Berries of any kind
• Mushrooms
• Chicken
• Green tea (or flavored green tea if you'd like)
• Quinoa
• Chocolate
• Burrito
• Cottage cheese
• Gorp (dried fruit and nut mix)
• Shrimp
• Tofu wrap

Recipe Using High-energy Ingredients

With the above list in mind, you can be sure to put together an energy-boosting meal specially with a high protein breakfast foods, to give yourself an energized head start when beginning your day. Here I've come up with a delicious recipe that is sure to kick-start your system when energy levels falter, by eating foods for more energy that consist of extremely healthy ingredients.

Prawns Salad Tossed with Herbed Yogurt

What You'll Need

• Half a bowl of lettuce leaves
• 1 cup of medium-sized prawns
• 1 Spring onion
• Olive oil
• Olives
• Basil
• Parsley
• Chili flakes
• 1 tablespoon of low-fat yogurt
• ½ a lemon
• Salt to taste

Method of Preparation

First boil your prawns for 5 minutes and then heat up a pan with two tablespoons of olive oil, and toss in the prawns and fry these for three minutes. Keep these aside to cool down. Take a small bowl, add in your one tablespoon of low-fat yogurt, two tablespoons of olive oil, chili flakes and finely cut basil and parsley of about one tablespoon each. Fold in your herbs and spice, adding at the end two pinches of salt.

Keep it aside and get out a nice big bowl. Roughly cut up your lettuce and toss them in. Finely slice your spring onion into little ringlets and add these in as well. Use seedless olives and roughly slice them up. After that goes in, add the prawns and the yogurt mix, combining in all your ingredients. Drizzle with olive oil, throw in some more chili flakes and finally squeeze in your lemon juice before mixing it all up again. Add more salt if you'd like.

You can always come up with something to make sure every meal is power-packed with not just energy but crucial vitamins and minerals that the body requires. These are the most essentialist elements that one's system needs in order to stay healthy and pumped up to take on either physical or mental work throughout the week. Just remember that breakfast and lunch are your prime meals of the day. These foods coupled with exercise or some sort of activity, is just an important. Have a healthy tomorrow.