Skipping breakfast for a long time can cause many harms.

With tight schedules in the morning and a rare weekend sleep in, eating breakfast seems less important. However, breakfast is an essential meal of the day, and skipping it for a long time is equivalent to "chronic suicide."

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The dangers of skipping breakfast for a long time:

1. Prone to hypoglycemia

After a night, the energy converted from food in the body is running low, and blood sugar levels are low. If not replenished in time, symptoms such as dizziness, lack of energy, and weakness in the limbs are likely to occur.

2. Easy to gain weight

Skipping breakfast will increase the need for lunch and dinner. Eating too much at lunch is not suitable for work and study in the afternoon, and eating too much at dinner can easily make you fat, and it is not easy to digest and will affect your sleep quality.

3. Susceptible to gastric ulcer

The stomach secretes more gastric acid at night, and the stomach is constantly moving. If you don't eat in the morning, the food will be consumed and the gastric acid will directly irritate the gastric mucosa. Over time, the gastric acid and digestive enzymes in the stomach will continue to "digest" the gastric mucosa, causing gastric ulcers.

4. Slow response

Most people feel tired and lack energy after getting up. If they don't have breakfast to replenish their energy, it will deepen their fatigue, make them less focused, and make them seem slow to react.

5. Accelerates Aging

If you skip breakfast, your body will have a stress response and start to consume glycogen and protein in the body. Over time, this will cause your skin to lose luster and gradually become loose.

6. Can easily cause constipation

If you often skip breakfast, your gastrointestinal reflex function is easily disturbed and your intestinal motility gradually weakens. Feces are pushed by intestinal motility, which can easily lead to constipation after a long period of time.

7. Susceptibility to gallstones

After a night of storage, the bile concentration in the gallbladder is higher in the morning. If you skip breakfast, the bile will not have a chance to be excreted and can easily cause deposition, which may lead to the formation of stones in the long run.

Misconceptions about breakfast pairing:

1. Various cakes

Some pastries have a soft, sweet taste and are very filling, but eating them for a long time can harm blood vessel health because they contain too much added sugar and butter.

2. Don’t drink too much milk for breakfast

The nutritional value of "breakfast milk" is not as good as pure milk. Breakfast milk is a kind of formula milk, and various additives such as sugar and flavors are often added to enhance the feeling of fullness and taste.

3. Mixed soy milk powder

Soy milk is a good breakfast, but mixed soy milk powder is not advisable. Not only is the sugar content in it very high, but the protein content cannot meet the human body's needs.

4.Pure white porridge + pickled vegetables

White porridge mainly consists of carbohydrates and lacks protein. Pickled vegetables are high in sodium and may contain too many preservatives, so their nutritional value is not high.

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How should you eat breakfast?

1. Starchy staple foods

Starchy staple foods can provide sufficient calories and are good for digestion. For breakfast, you can eat some coarse grains that are rich in dietary fiber and have high nutritional value, such as whole wheat steamed bread or bread, millet porridge, black rice porridge, etc.

2. Protein-Rich Foods

For breakfast, you should choose some high-quality proteins, such as eggs, milk, meat, and beans. It is best to have two of them at each meal. High-quality proteins have a strong sense of satiety, which can not only supplement part of the protein needed by the human body, but also delay the onset of hunger.

3. Foods rich in vitamins and minerals

Eating more vegetables and fruits can promote the body's metabolic function, achieve the goal of controlling weight, and also supplement the body with a variety of nutrients and elements. It is recommended to eat an apple, tomato or banana and other fresh fruits for breakfast.

Therefore, a healthy and rich breakfast can provide sufficient energy, full spirit and joy for the whole day. I hope that from today on, everyone can eat a good breakfast every time. For more exciting or popular science consultation, follow and search Xiaohan Health.