Skipping breakfast will not only make you fat, but the harms are more than you think!

For many young office workers, they often rush to work in order to sleep a few more minutes every morning, and they have no time to buy breakfast, let alone eat breakfast properly. However, breakfast is very important for people. It is not only the basis of energy for the day, but also the basis of healthy diet.

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What harm will it do to your body if you often skip breakfast?

1. Nutritional Deficiency

The nutrients needed by the human body are distributed in the food of three meals a day. If you skip breakfast, it is easy to lead to insufficient intake of various nutrients and nutritional deficiencies, and it is difficult to make up for the nutrients by eating lunch or dinner.

2. Increased risk of obesity

If people do not eat on time in the morning, they will feel very hungry at noon, and they will easily eat too much without realizing it, causing fat accumulation and increasing the risk of obesity.

3. Affects digestive function

If people often skip breakfast, the amount of food in the stomach will decrease, which will affect the secretion of gastric acid, so the digestive function will gradually weaken. Many people often eat breakfast in a hurry because they are in a hurry in the morning, which will increase the burden on the stomach and intestines and easily cause indigestion.

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4. Prone to hypoglycemia

When you wake up in the morning, your body's nutrients have been consumed after a night of sleep, and your blood sugar level will be at a relatively low level. If you don't have breakfast in time, it is easy to cause hypoglycemia, dizziness, palpitations, and lack of energy, which will also affect your study and work efficiency.

5. Increased risk of stone formation

If you skip breakfast and do not have the stimulation of food, the bile in the gallbladder will not be discharged, and the cholesterol in the bile will also precipitate and deposit in large quantities, which will easily form stones over time.

How can different groups of people eat breakfast healthily?

1. Students

In order to provide sufficient energy for the brain and better study, students' breakfast should be rich in carbohydrates and staple food. At the same time, in order to promote growth and development, breakfast should also focus on the supplement of protein, vitamins and minerals. It is recommended to drink a glass of milk and eat some fresh fruits and vegetables for breakfast.

2. Office workers

Office workers often sit for long periods of time and face screens more often. When choosing breakfast, the focus should be on reducing excessive fat intake and eating some eye-protecting foods. For example, you can choose some coarse grains as staple foods, paired with some tomatoes, carrots, blueberries, fresh dates and other foods.

3. Heavy manual laborers

For those who do heavy manual labor, breakfast should focus on staple food and protein to provide sufficient energy for the body and muscles. It is recommended to choose some coarse grains as staple food, which are slowly digested and absorbed, and it is not easy to feel hungry too early. Protein can be selected from high-quality proteins such as meat, eggs, and soy products.

4. Elderly people

The digestive function of the elderly is weak, so they should pay attention to less meat and easy digestion for breakfast, and they can eat some porridge. In addition, the elderly need to strengthen calcium supplementation, and they can add some calcium-containing foods to the porridge, such as dried shrimps, various beans, etc. While drinking porridge, they can also add some eggs or dried tofu to supplement protein.

Breakfast is not only a way for us to replenish energy for our body, but also the basis of healthy diet. Don’t wait until you have health problems before you turn back.

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