What's the best part of the day? Breakfast.

What's the right way to fuel your body when it comes to this delicious meal time... especially when there's so many options?! From cereal to avocado toast, what can you enjoy that tastes good, and is good for you?

The Bodhi is a nutrition-focused concept that aims to nourish and support the health of your body naturally. Every item is made from scratch, sans any refined sugars, fats, or additives. This gives you the freedom to choose any item on the menu that supports your health needs. 

The Steak & Eggs breakfast is a popular dish that boasts a wide variety of vitamins and nutrients that support the health of your body from the inside out.  As a wrap, the Steak & Eggs contains Steak, Eggs, Mushrooms, Seasoned Potatoes, Feta, and Onions all wrapped up into a whole wheat wrap! 

How is it good for you?

1. BRAIN HEALTH: The mixture of vegetables, whole grains, steak, and eggs make this dish suitable for the health and function of your brain. Eggs contain choline, which is a nutrient that is strongly associated with supporting & protecting your brain cells (along with the vitamins from the various vegetables), memory, muscle contraction, and mood- just to name a few (1). The vegetables provide an abundance of antioxidants, iron from steak that promote blood flow to your brain, and B-complex vitamins that not only protect your brain from free radical damage, but also promote it's  function in operating as efficiently as possible (1). 
2. MUSCLE HEALTH: This wrap boasts at least 55 grams of protein with an abundance of vitamins and minerals in between that support the function of muscular health. Nutrients like B-12, B-6, phosphorus, manganese, iron, choline, and calcium are a select few of the many nutrients available in this wrap that promote the function of your body. These nutrients are associated with facilitating muscular contraction, cellular communication (which can increase your operating and reaction speed), and promote muscle restoration after a workout (3).  
3. DETOX- Nutrients from the eggs, like choline support the function of the liver, through detox and restoration of liver cells, which can make it great for those who had one too many drinks while celebrating (2). The combined antioxidant power from the vegetables and whole grain wrap also promote the health of the liver. 
4. HEART HEALTH: When you think vegetables, you think heart health! It's no wonder when these delicious foods are packed with a wide variety of nutrients like fiber and antioxidants that help fight stress (free radical damage), promote vascularization (the flexibility of your blood vessels), good blood flow, aiding in "carrying away" the 'bad' cholesterol while promoting 'good' cholesterol (think steroids like testosterone and estrogen), and regulating blood sugar - just to name a few (4, 5, 6). And while eggs have gotten a bad reputation for increasing cholesterol, numerous studies have shown that dietary cholesterol does not play a role in your blood cholesterol.

So, Egg up for your health! 

The only side effects, are good ones. 

- Bodhi 




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Sources: 
1. “Office of Dietary Supplements - Choline.” NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Choline-HealthProfessional/.
2. Mehedint MG, Zeisel SH. Choline’s role in maintaining liver function: new evidence for epigenetic mechanisms. Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care. 2013;16(3):339-345. doi:10.1097/MCO.0b013e3283600d46.
3. Kennedy DO. B Vitamins and the Brain: Mechanisms, Dose and Efficacy—A Review. Nutrients. 2016;8(2):68. doi:10.3390/nu8020068.
4. Threapleton DE, Greenwood DC, Evans CEL, et al. Dietary fibre intake and risk of cardiovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis. The BMJ. 2013;347:f6879. doi:10.1136/bmj.f6879.
5. O’Reilly GA, Belcher BR, Davis JN, et al. Effects of high sugar and high fiber meals on physical activity behaviors in Latino and African American adolescents. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md). 2015;23(9):1886-1894. doi:10.1002/oby.21169.
6. Kizhakekuttu TJ, Widlansky ME. Natural Antioxidants and Hypertension: Promise and Challenges. Cardiovascular therapeutics. 2010;28(4):e20-e32. doi:10.1111/j.1755-5922.2010.00137.x.