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Skipping Breakfast May Be Linked To Poor Heart Health, Study Says (theguardian.com)
A new study says that skipping breakfast could be linked to poorer cardiovascular health. The findings reveal that, compared with those who wolfed down an energy-dense breakfast, those who missed the meal had a greater extent of the early stages of atherosclerosis -- a buildup of fatty material inside the arteries. The Guardian reports: The research is part of a larger study that will follow the participants over a decade or more to see how disease in the arteries progresses. Published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the research looked at the health and diets of 4,052 middle-aged bank workers, both men and women, with no previous history of cardiovascular disease. At the start of the study, which is partly funded by the Spanish bank Santander, participants completed a detailed questionnaire into what they had eaten and when over the previous 15 days. Body mass index, cholesterol levels and other measures were collected, together with data including the participants' smoking status, educational attainment and level of physical activity. Imaging techniques were used to track the extent of the early, sub-clinical stages of atherosclerosis in six arteries, including those around the heart, thighs and neck. The results reveal that, compared to those tucking into more than 20% of their daily calories at breakfast, those who consumed next to nothing for breakfast had a greater extent of atherosclerosis.
What if my preferred breakfast is glazed donuts?
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People who take the time to breakfast probably also hit the sack earlier and get more sleep.
Need I say more?
I regularly don't have breakfast as I don't feel hungry....
isn't eating when your not hungry the definition of being a fat arse?
Is this only a correlation study?
Maybe people who are already fat are skipping breakfast to try and lose weight?
Hmm... this is interesting.
>Participants who skipped breakfast had the greatest waist circumference, body mass index, blood pressure, blood lipids and fasting glucose levels.
I skip breakfast (i'm on 12/12 intermittent fasting schedule) and I'm fit, healthy BMI, no high blood pressure. Dunno about glucose, but I'm also on low carb diet, so it should never really skyrocket.
>Participants who skipped breakfast were more likely to have an overall unhealthy lifestyle, including poor overall diet, frequent alcohol consumption and smoking. They were also more likely to be hypertensive and overweight or obese.
I think this pretty much excludes all of us who intentionally fast. i believe more research is required, it could be that fasting + high carb diet ("normal" western diet) is really bad (which would make sense due to sugar spikes), not intermittent fasting itself!
Who remembers what they have eaten the last 15 days? How many of the answers were incorrect, either because the people forgot or lied for
whatever reason. These medical studies are just usefull enough to find trends that have to be backed up by real research into cause and effect.
To even publish such early results is irresponsible and might even bias other research by leading them into a wrong direction.
***Quis custodiet ipsos custodes***
You cannot skip breakfast.
If you don't have meal after you woke up and eat around midday, that would be your breaking of the fast.
No such problems in German, French, Italian or Portuguese speaking countries/people.
Same problem in Spanish speaking countries (desayuno does really mean breaking the fast too in Spanish)
Always the same story. Correlation does not equal causation, especially not in extremely complex environments such as diets.
Better research would be to tell people to start skipping breakfast, or -- if they already skip it -- to start eating one, and see what happens to these people.
..... some bitch creating bullshit. Actual science proven breakfast, lunch is BS. So how about that she and her school go make a shallow grave and dump this shit in there.
I understand not all people are the same, and I know people that don't eat breakfast... however, for me.. I'm just not right if I don't eat. I feel weak, dizzy, and I cannot wake up properly ( i do not drink coffee or other stimulants ), sometimes I get a headache that doesn't go away until the next day.
Simple breakfast such as cheese, slice of bread or (not sweet) croissant and tomatoes work nicely. Doesn't have to be a full english fry up. Who has time for that ?
People generally skip breakfast because they can't make time for it. If you would rather skip breakfast then wake up a half hour earlier then it is likely that you aren't getting a full nights rest and chronic lack a sleep has long been long been associated with poor health
Without my morning Red Bull and the two aspirin I'm simply not functional.
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Who in the right or wrong mind skips breakfast? God made you the best time of the day: morning, when you are fresh and ready to do great things. God made you a steaming hot cup a joe and God gave you the concept of breakfast, a hearty meal full of proteins and carbohydrates to exploit the morning freshness 100% until life kills you in the evening.
What kind of cockamamie problems bother nowaday "researchers"?
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It gonna kill you!
Course, you cheap mofo too, but who ain't. amirite?
From the article (I cheated and actually read it):
But, the researchers add, the link is likely to be down to indirect effects.
“People who skip breakfast, not only do they eat late and in an odd fashion, but [they also] have a poor lifestyle,” said Valentin Fuster, co-author of the research and director of Mount Sinai Heart in New York and the Madrid-based cardiovascular research institute, the CNIC.
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Beer Breakfast
It can be stopped by a relaxed walk of 20-30 minutes per day. A lack of physical activity is the main cause of heart attacks. I think this is an accepted fact today.
Nutrition does not seem to be too important, these studies rather seem to find symptoms of an unhealthy lifestyle. Kinda funny is: I lived in Germany for a long time, where people eat lots of salt and not so much fat. Regarding nutrition they are mostly worried about the fat they eat, thinking that it will block their arteries and lead to high blood pressure and heart attacks. Now I live in Scotland for a while. They have a diet rich in fat and meat and eat very low amounts of salt. Yet they are most worried about eating salt, thinking that it will increase their blood pressure and lead to heart problems.
I think they are both wrong. E.g. I would bet the Germans have a higher blood pressure due to their general attitude to work, but they also eat more salt than others. A study looking for the relation between salt consumption and blood pressure would see a link if it includes the Germans and other Europeans, while it might just be a random correlation. I don't know the study that stated the link of salt consumption to high blood pressure, but knowing the different cultures I would bet it is not a real link.
Why is this news? So they see some minor correlation in their data that basically equates to "well, it might have something to do with it, but we don't actually know". Post a story when you have definite proof, and stop trying to scare people with your "maybe" bullshit.
With absolutely no information I boldly predict, if you dig through all the funding sources, you would find a breakfast food company funding this study.
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Weasel words.
It also "may not" be linked.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
This is written in the damn abstract of the damn journal article:
"Participants who skipped breakfast were more likely to have an overall unhealthy lifestyle, including poor overall diet, frequent alcohol consumption and smoking. They were also more likely to be hypertensive and overweight or obese. In the case of obesity, the study authors said reverse causation cannot be ruled out, and the observed results may be explained by obese patients skipping breakfast to lose weight."
Well Duh...
Also, only 2.9% of their already tiny population of study participants were in the "skipped breakfast" group, which means there is likely not a sufficient population to have any confidence in this claimed result.
Researchers have looked at readers of slashdot and them to be more unhealthy as compared to the greater population. Their typical diet being pizza in their parents basement was dismissed as unrelated to the study.
BTW, a recent article in The Lancet looked at 135,335 individuals from 18 countries over a median time of 7.4 years and they found that a diet high in carbs (as a percentage of total calories) was far more typical in Asia than in the West.
If you can't beat them, embrace and extend them.
I hope being scientists they know the difference.
Have gnu, will travel.
Last February, I committed to eating breakfast every day. By November, I had lost weight (44 lbs of fat!) felt healthier and better than I ever had.
Other variables
I stopped drinking alcohol
My breakfast on weekdays: 2 hard boiled eggs, 10 baby carrots (Changed from pastries)
My lunch on weekdays: turkey sandwich (Changed from burgers, tacos, soda, etc.)
My dinner on weekdays: Home-cooked chicken, fish, or lean pork with a bunch of veggies and some rice or pasta. (Changed from "anything delivery")
I had one "cheat day" a month where I could eat/drink anything I want.
I ran 2 miles in the morning 4 times a week and did a 10k on the weekend
So, as you can see, breakfast fixed everything!
Those who breakfast are more chill than those who start the day off going 120%.
Sounds plausible to me.
We suffer more in our imagination than in reality. - Seneca
Well, my gut complains vigorously if I skip breakfast.
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
Food is actively repulsive to me until I've been awake and active for a few hours.
So I guess I'm doomed.
People who have the time to breakfast . . . blah, blah, blah . . . rip open and stir into hot water
What's the big problem? Get out of bed ten minutes earlier.
What are you proposing needs to be thrown into hot water? Instant oatmeal? That doesn't sound all that unhealthy.
Better yet, eat an apple, avocado, banana, carrots, etc. Supplement it with a slice of cheese, if you wan't some protein. Or, throw an egg in the microwave - it only takes a minute. Walnuts, almonds, peanuts, a bowl of cereal . . .
Breakfast doesn't have to be some big, elaborate meal. All of the above can be prepped in two minutes and eaten in five. I don't understand the concept of not having the time.
Most people I know who eat a large breakfast get up earlier, and are usually more physically fit: They're eating breakfast then hitting the gym.
Most people who don't are usually less active, rushing to work last minute ( strees..), and don't have time for breakfast.
As a small child I learned being able to eat when your hungry is good . Being hungry and not having food is bad. As I got older I learned going without food when your body needs it is unhealthy as are a lot of things. preliminary findings although perhaps interesting are not definitive. In fact as the article stats its more likely linked to poor lifestyle. Another misleading title and a scathing indictment of our current level journalism. among other things.
Lack of morning appetite is a common hypothyroid symptom. (Incidentally, so are both insomnia and a need for more sleep than normal. See today's other discussion.)
Arteriosclerosis is caused by calcium being pulled out of the blood and deposited where it doesn't belong (arteries, also joints). Which is caused by low thyroid. Which also causes poor protein metabolism and consequent flabby heart syndrome (ie. future heart failure), and high blood cholesterol (because it's not transported efficiently into the cells where it can be used).
80% of people over age 50 have some degree of hypothyroidism at the tissue level, due to reduced conversion of T4 to T3 (TSH will still be in range, which is why it's critical to get a complete workup).
Examine and normalize thyroid first and foremost, and a host of health issues vanish without further treatment. Thyroid affects *EVERYTHING*, but hypo symptoms can appear unrelated (as varied as adult-onset tooth decay, some types of cancer, and most of what we think of as "normal aging") -- and are generally not recognised by current medical practice, which tends not to see the forest for the trees.
I sound like a broken record on this, but I read the research literature, and it's astounding how little has filtered down to general medical practice, and how seldom the symptoms are identified. A non-exhaustive list:
http://hypothyroidmom.com/300-...
Not to mention its end-stage, hyperparathyroidism (the body's response to low blood calcium, and probable root cause of osteoporosis).
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