The Body Ecology diet was created by nutritionist Donna Gates. It is an eating plan designed to enhance and restore your health with the addition of cultured foods, improving the quality of fats you consume, and reducing your carbohydrate and sugar consumption, according to the Body Ecology website. The Body Ecology diet is described as "nutritional therapy" and contains meal plans and preferred foods for each meal, including breakfast.
Vegetables
Although not typically thought of as a breakfast food, vegetables play a big role in breakfast on the Body Ecology diet. Eat vegetables raw or lightly cooked, or eat cultured vegetables. Shred cabbage, carrots, kale, ginger, garlic or any other vegetables in a food processor. Place them all in a bowl, and then make a brine with a few cups of the vegetable mixture and water in a blender. Return that mixture to the vegetables and mix it around. Stuff that mixture into a glass jar, roll a few cabbage leaves and stuff them into the top. Pop a lid on and let it sit for 3 days at room temperature.
Green Smoothie
Creating a smoothie filled with fruits and vegetables is a nutritious breakfast option on the Body Ecology diet. To prepare it, combine a granny smith apple, 2 cups of chopped romaine lettuce, 4 to 5 stalks of celery, 1/2 bunch of parsley, 1/2 of an avocado and a few cups of water in a blender and blend it all together. Add or remove vegetables as you like.
Soup
Soup is another non-traditional breakfast food found on the Body Ecology diet. Leftovers from the night before are an optimal choice. Eat any vegetable soup, chicken, fish or red meat soup with a non-starchy vegetable, or any pureed soup.
Eggs
Eggs are allowed on the Body Ecology diet, as a boost to the health of your thyroid. The Body Ecology website recommends eating eggs over-easy with a runny yolk, and eating mainly the yolk.
Cereal
Ancient grains such as millet and quinoa are used for cereals on the Body Ecology diet. Cook the grains as you would cook rice, by adding 2 cups of liquid to 1 cup of grain. Bring it to a boil, and then simmer covered on low heat for 20 minutes. Half way through the cooking process you can add almonds, raisins, dates, pumpkin or sunflower seeds and cinnamon or apple, according to the 3 Fat Chicks website.
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