Will Skipping Breakfast Kill You? Here’s What Science Says

Will you really die if you don’t eat breakfast?!

Nowadays, many people are used to eating breakfast in a copious manner. Sometimes they get busy and even forget to eat. They feel that it doesn’t matter whether they eat breakfast or not. However, in fact, the consequences of not eating breakfast are just ignored. As the first meal of the day, what will happen if they don’t eat breakfast? What are the dangers?

1. Don’t eat breakfast!

“Not only Usa, skipping breakfast has become a global problem. According to statistics from the “Survey Report on Breakfast Diet Status of Usa Residents”, 35% of the respondents cannot eat breakfast every day, and 11% of them often skip breakfast . And in some Western countries, even more than half of the population ignores breakfast.

“Not eating breakfast for a short period of time has no impact, just treat it as a loss of weight”. It is true that most people who do not eat breakfast have this mentality, but is there really no harm?

In a prospective study conducted by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Mayo Clinic, by comparing the three-meal intake of 24,000 people, it was found that comparing those who ate all three meals, those who ate one meal a day and those who ate only two meals a day, the risk of all-cause death and the risk of death from cardiovascular disease increased by 30%, 7%, 83%, and 10%, respectively. That is, eating less of any meal can have an effect on longevity.

In addition, Dr. Emily Carter’s team from Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Michael Johnson’s team from the University of Edinburgh Medical School, and Dr. Sarah Thompson’s team from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) collaborated in a study in the journal Cell to compare different mouse feeding methods. The ability of the small intestine to absorb lipids was found to be more prominent in mice that skipped breakfast time to eat, exacerbating metabolic disease risk.

In addition, skipping breakfast also has certain damage to blood vessels. The authoritative journal “Journal of the American College of Cardiology” has published relevant research results. In a survey of 4052 subjects, it was found that people who skip breakfast are more likely to skip breakfast than those who eat breakfast regularly. People who eat breakfast are at greater risk of developing vascular sclerosis. From a Japanese survey study covering 20,000 people with type 2 diabetes, it was found that People who skip breakfast are more likely to develop cardiovascular complications.

There are also studies that point out that people who skip breakfast are prone to vindictive lunch, and this eating pattern of a hungry and full meal is more likely to cause fluctuations in blood sugar levels, increase the burden on pancreatic islets, and trigger the risk of diabetes.

Moreover, after a night of fasting, skipping breakfast is tantamount to prolonging the fasting period. Bile cannot be excreted and participates in digestion. It is stored in the gallbladder for a long time. As cholesterol becomes saturated and precipitates and crystallizes, it will trigger the risk of gallstones.

2. If you don’t want your blood vessels to be blocked, don’t eat these 4 breakfasts randomly!

In addition to skipping breakfast, eating the wrong breakfast also carries health risks, especially for people who often eat the following foods for breakfast. The more they eat, the more harmful they become.

1. White porridge + fried dough sticks

White porridge itself is fine carbohydrate, and fried dough sticks are fried foods. Although the combination of the two is delicious, it is also high in calories. It does not have much nutrition after a meal, and you eat a lot of fat. Eating this kind of breakfast for a long time is not only easy Obesity can also increase the risk of various diseases such as diabetes and fatty liver.

2. Omelette + processed meat combination

Some people like to fry eggs, sausages and soy milk or milk in the morning, which looks quite nutritious. In fact, cholesterol intake has exceeded the standard after one meal, and oxidized lipids are produced during frying food. Excessive intake is harmful to blood vessels. Wall damage is extremely harmful to cardiovascular health.

3. Beautifully packaged “healthy cereal meal”

There are also some so-called cereal flakes, cereal granules and nutritious breakfast foods such as nut kernels on the market. Although the promotion says high dietary fiber and low cholesterol, these processed foods often add a lot of vegetable oil, fructose and chemical additives, which can easily increase the intake of trans fatty acids. At the same time, fructose intake is difficult to metabolize and can aggravate blood lipid problems.

4. Some baked goods

Baked bread is also a popular breakfast food choice, but baking products such as egg tarts, pies, cookies, pineapple buns, etc. will add a lot of butter during the production process. You must know that the fat content of butter exceeds 80%. What’s worse, Some unscrupulous merchants will also use cheap margarine, which leads to excessive trans fatty acids. Long-term consumption will also aggravate the risk of cardiovascular disease.

3. There is also prime time for breakfast!

Not only should you eat breakfast well, but you should also pay attention to the time you eat. So when is the best time to eat breakfast for your body?

A 2023 study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology investigated the health changes of more than 100,000 people who ate breakfast at different times and found that people who ate breakfast after 9 o’clock were more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who ate before 8 o’clock. The risk of diabetes is higher, the researchers recommend It’s best to bring your breakfast time forward to before 8.

Of course, you should eat well early. Linguists believe that a perfect breakfast is best to include 3 or more of the following 4 categories of food:

One, cereals and potatoes, the Foods of high energy value such as sweet potatoes, oats or red beans, cereals, etc;

Second, meat, eggs, milk, beans Milk or related milk products, chicken, duck and fish, and soybeans, as well as soy products, which are high in high-quality protein and also filling;

Three, fruit It’s recommended to eat mainly seasonal fruits, but be careful not to squeeze the fruit to drink;

Fourthly, vegetables You can eat more leafy greens in the morning, either cold or boiled.

If you can’t eat so much in the morning, you can also eat in a reduced amount, a cup of milk + boiled eggs + fruit, try to enrich the daily breakfast combination and increase dietary nutrition.

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