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Should You Skip Breakfast?

by Joseph Estevez
in Wellness
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Should You Skip Breakfast?
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It’s a typically unchallenged notion, that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But is it really? This article serves to question this idea often taken for granted.

This is a relevant topic since according to Healthline.com, about a quarter of Americans regularly skip breakfast.

Those who argue that breakfast is a necessary meal remark that those who skip it tend to have a higher likelihood of being obese. Having breakfast ignites metabolism in the body and thus a breakfaster will burn more calories.

Those for skipping breakfast argue that skipping breakfast will actually result in a lower calorie intake on average, as skipping breakfast, despite the claims of its so-called overcompensation during lunch actually results in fewer calories than if one had kept it. Various research suggests an average of 400 to 500 calories being shaved off the diet of one who skips it, daily, compared to one who kept it.

But most of the evidence that suggests that breakfast is the most important meal of the day is really a reliance on correlation. Those who skip breakfast tend to be more obese. Those who skip breakfast tend to suffer more from heart disease.

A Finnish study revealed that people who skipped breakfast were more likely to have low education levels and were more likely to have a higher body mass index (BMI) and frequent alcohol abuse.

The rule of correlation does not imply causation should be stressed here. This so-called evidence largely stems from observations. There could be a variety of factors that come into play here.

What if those who are more health-conscious and follow what they hear (those who are more likely to exercise, avoid smoking, choose more balanced meals) are more likely to eat breakfast every day simply because they were told to?

What if those who skip breakfast do so because they don’t have the time or money to be eating breakfast? What if they get up early to go to work and therefore choose not to eat it?

Moreover, there is much skepticism revolving around the research. Those who are cynical about the findings claim that companies that sponsor the research include those that own brands of breakfast foods, such as cereal. Therefore, the research is biased.

Yet there is still not enough evidence to suggest a strong causation between skipping breakfast and obesity, or other health diseases. In fact, some research suggested that there was no significant change when groups, obese or non-obese, skipped breakfast or not.

However, it appears that skipping breakfast could come with some benefits. Overall, people who skip breakfast take in fewer calories, as previously mentioned. Those who skip breakfast, according to the Spectator, are actually at a higher risk of insulin resistance, which is a condition connected with health diseases such as cancer, as well as strokes, and makes it more likely for the person to die with those conditions.

If you’re someone who feels the need to eat breakfast, because you feel you can’t function without it, or your work performance suffers without it, perhaps because you are so accustomed to having it in the morning, then a cup of coffee or a small meal such as Greek yogurt (with 13 grams of sugar or less) or a small, protein-rich meal could serve as a breakfast.

Another benefit of skipping breakfast could be saving time. If you’re someone who is often in a rush or could benefit from more time from the day (can’t we all?) then skipping breakfast could grant you more time.

Also, rather than focusing on this first meal of the day, you could instead go right into putting all your attention into your work, or whatever it is you’d like to accomplish.

In conclusion, it seems as though skipping breakfast is the better option. It removes calories from our daily diets than we would have had had we not skipped it, which is especially great for those looking for weight loss or a lower BMI, and it also reduces the likelihood of our having high insulin resistance.

There is obviously a lot more research that has to be done, and it appears that the sum of all this information is a product of healthy skepticism. Nonetheless, the reader should still eat whenever he feels the need to. Ultimately, it obviously depends on the individual. And no one knows you better than you. As mentioned in my previous article, “Are Small Meal Portions Better?” eat when hungry.

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