Skipping breakfast could increase your risk of diabetes and heart disease, according to research published this week.
A study found that having a morning meal triggers the body's fat cells to eat up sugar rather than store it.
The
process could help regulate the hormone insulin, which controls blood
sugar levels, and prevent the body from producing excess fat which
commonly triggers diabetes and heart disease.
This
research adds to the popular idea that breakfast is the most important
meal of the day, as it has been found to decrease the risk of obesity,
regulate metabolism and provide lasting energy to get you through the
day.
Skipping the meal has been linked
to atherosclerosis or the build-up of fats, cholesterol and plaque in
the artery walls which can lead to various other conditions including
heart disease.
And though not eating
breakfast may be thought to induce weight loss, as promoted by British
actress Joanna Lumley, the study published in the Journal of Physiology
says otherwise.
The team in Bath and
Nottingham, England, found that fat in obese people responds less to
insulin than in lean people and the decrease related to the person's
total amount of body fat.(Daily Mail Health)
