According to an American study, men who have the habit of skipping breakfast are 27% more likely to have a heart attack than those who eat a snack in the morning.
Enough to restore men’s appetite at breakfast time! According to an American study published Monday in the journal American Heart Association Circulation, men who do not eat in the morning are more prone to cardiovascular disease.
This work, carried out by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, focused on nearly 27,000 men aged 45 to 82, who agreed to participate in a survey on diet and its consequences on health, carried out between 1992 and 2008.
The results are clear, men who do not usually eat breakfast are 27% more likely to have a heart attack or die from coronary artery disease, compared to those who eat well in the morning.
“Skipping breakfast can lead to certain risks, such as obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes, which can eventually lead to a heart attack,” says Leah Cahill, lead author of the ‘study. And the researcher to explain this phenomenon, “it also appears that men who skip the morning meal are often younger, smokers, working full time, single, having less physical activity and drinking more alcohol. “.
Finally, the study also reveals a link between the time of food intake and heart disease. It shows, for example, that people who eat just before bed are 55% more likely to suffer from coronary heart disease.
The Research Center for the Study and Observation of Living Conditions (CREDOC) recently observed in an analysis that the economic crisis had had an impact on our morning meal. According to him, the ritual of the family breakfast is crumbling, with a decline in this morning meal, especially among teenagers. This is not very reassuring for the future of future generations …
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