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Think breakfast isn't the most important meal of the day?
Think again, say researchers behind a new study that found the risk of
heart-related death rises dramatically for folks who skip the morning
repast.
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Compared to people who always ate breakfast, those who say they never
did had a 87% higher odds of dying from heart-related causes, according
to a study that tracked the health of 6,550 Americans for about 20
years.
The odds for stroke, in particular, were especially elevated if people
said they always skipped breakfast. These individuals had more than
three times the odds of fatal stroke, compared to people who said they
always ate in the a.m.
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Why is skipping breakfast such a toxic habit? Researchers led by
Dr. Wei Bao of the University of Iowa said there could be many
reasons.
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