Researchers in the US are saying that there is more to heart health than just good diet and nutrition. They are now saying specifically that the wellness and wellbeing of your heart is explicitly linked to whether or not you eat breakfast in the mornings.
It has often been said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and now researchers seem to have found evidence to back up this claim, following their study of over 27,000 men. The team from Harvard School of Public Health said that the results of the study showed that men who skipped breakfast were more likely to have problems with their heart health. The team believes that missing breakfast puts extra strain on the heart. The British Heart Foundation also backed up this research, saying that skipping breakfast is likely to make people eat sugary snacks before lunch to compensate instead, and these are very detrimental to heart health.
The men in the study were aged between 45 and 82 and were studied over a period of 16 years. In the group of 27,000 over this period of time there were over 1,500 fatal cases of heart failure or heart attacks.
People who skipped breakfast were found to be 27 percent more likely to suffer from some type of heart problem than those who started each day with a healthy, balanced meal. The results were all adjusted to take into consideration other factors such as exercise and smoking.
Researchers say that the message that people should gain from the study is that it is very important to eat food in the morning, and that it should preferably be within an hour of waking up. Although the results show that eating something is better than eating nothing, it is also better if this breakfast meal is healthy and balanced.
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