Nutrition Guide...ish

I made the mistake of having Oreos for breakfast this morning. I should point out that this isn't really as rare as it should be for me. Not that I eat dessert for breakfast everyday, but I do have a theory about this. It's part of my own very non-nutritional based guide to nutrition. See, I have a theory that if you eat dessert for breakfast, then you have all day to burn off the calories from dessert. Also, how can you go wrong starting the day with a little bit of chocolate (not necessarily Oreos, but still, a little bit of chocolate? Can't hurt).

There is actually a bit of logic behind this particular rule of mine. I mean, think about it. Eat dessert at 7:00 at night, and what do you do next? Sit around doing nothing, go to bed, and all those calories go unused. So, yeah? Why not eat it for breakfast, then go charging through the day burning up all those calories? And if that isn't enough logic, I've been reading on sleep hygiene, and some specialists recommend that sugar be avoided 4-6 hours before bedtime.

I have some other guidelines, too. I apologize in advance to all the actual nutritionists out there, because you will all cringe.

• If the ingredients are good for you, the end product is good for you. For example: Ice cream has milk (well, kind of) in it, therefore it is healthy. This is the Bill Cosby approach to nutrition, tried and true. 
• If there is no nutrition information, then none of the bad stuff counts. This means that homemade food is by default healthy for you.
• Breakfast, being the most important meal of the day, can be eaten as many times during a day as one wants, guilt-free.

I'm sure there are other guidelines, but for now, these are the ones springing to my mind. Clearly, I am not and should never be a nutritionist, and I don't recommend that anyone follow my guidelines, because I doubt they will lead to good health. I highly recommend that you eat fruits and vegetables, a balanced diet, include exercise, and live long and prosper.