4 benefits of having a meal in the morning

diipo adeusi

June 27, 2016 11:54 PM

Breakfast is generally the first meal of the day but for many Nigerians, it is a luxury that we are blessed to have at all. Breakfast is quite necessary, however. Thus, here are four benefits of having breakfast in the morning

benefits of breakfast

Breakfast is generally the first meal of the day but for many Nigerians, it is a luxury that we are

Disease:

According to a study published this month in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, missing breakfast can increase a lady’s risk of having diabetes. Ladies who ate breakfast about zero to six times per week were at a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Heart issues:

According to a July study in the journal Circulation, having breakfast was linked to a lower risk of heart disease in men between ages 45 and 82 . The study also discovered that missing breakfast was linked to hypertension, insulin resistance and elevated blood sugar levels.

Brain function:

According to a 2005 Journal of the American Dietetic Association review of 47 breakfast, researched discovered that having breakfast is likely to increase cognitive function linked to memory and test grades. This basically means eating breakfast is a a good thing.

Fitness:

A study revealed that people who ate breakfast as their biggest meal lost about 17.8 pounds in the space of three months. Other participants in the study had the same number of total calories for dinner, according to the Journal Obesity study published in July. The large-dinner group only lost an average of 7.3 pounds in the same time.

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