Skipping breakfast causes atherosclerosis, a new study revealed

Cairo – 14 October 2017: We have all heard countless times from our parents and teachers that we should never skip breakfast and that it is the most important meal of the day.


A study published by the ‘Journal of the American College of Cardiology’ revealed that skipping the first meal of the day is correlated to early stages of atherosclerosis. Yet in earlier studies, skipping breakfast has been associated with higher levels of cholesterol.


However after the ‘Journal of the American College of Cardiology’ evaluated the dietary behavior of 4,000 men and women ages starting from 40 to 54 that live in Spain. Splitting them into 3 different categories: people who do not eat breakfast, people who eat low-calorie breakfast, and people who eat big nutritious breakfast.


The majority of the cases studied eat a low-calorie breakfast, and about three percent skip on the meal. However, only 28 percent eat a relatively large full nutritious breakfast.


The research revealed that people who skip breakfast have a wider waist to hip ratio and a higher body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, cholesterol and fasting glucose levels. It was deduced that people who skip breakfast or consume a low-calorie meal do so in an attempt to lose weight.