As the saying goes, "illness enters through the mouth," and eating the wrong things can easily lead to various diseases. But not eating when you should can also harm your health!
Brain infarction and heart infarction are common yet highly damaging to people's health. There are many factors that cause these two major diseases, and one very important factor is skipping breakfast!
When you don't eat breakfast, there is not enough food in your stomach, which leads to the formation of a large amount of beta-thromboglobulin in the blood. This protein can easily cause blood to clot and lead to a heart attack.
Furthermore, people who skip breakfast have platelets that are more prone to aggregation and clotting than those who eat breakfast. This increases the formation of blood clots and raises the likelihood of developing heart and brain infarctions.
Skipping breakfast can lead to the "three highs" (high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high blood cholesterol), as well as brain and heart infarctions. Breakfast also affects your lifespan!
1. Skipping breakfast leads to the "three highs"
Research shows that when you skip breakfast, your brain sends signals craving high-calorie food, which significantly increases the probability of consuming "junk food" at lunch and dinner. Doing this often can easily lead to diabetes and the "three highs." This habit also increases the risk of heart disease by 27%.
2. Skipping breakfast can easily lead to arteriosclerosis, brain infarction, and heart infarction
Research indicates that frequently skipping breakfast can easily lead to low-density lipoprotein (LDL) depositing on the inner walls of blood vessels, causing arteriosclerosis. Surveys have found that people who often skip breakfast have a much higher probability of developing diseases like brain infarction and heart infarction compared to those who eat breakfast regularly.
3. Skipping shortens lifespan by about 2.5 years!
Foreign research has found that people who often skip breakfast or eat a poor breakfast have an average lifespan that is about 2.5 years shorter.
In addition to affecting a person's cognitive abilities and decision-making for the day, the quality of breakfast can also easily lead to symptoms like gallstones, obesity, and gastritis. A healthy and nutritious breakfast should include these "five ones":
One Fruit – A small handful of nuts: Improves breakfast quality and improves the calorie ratio
People rarely overeat at breakfast, so many lack sufficient nutrition. At this time, supplementing with high-nutrient, high-energy nuts can improve the quality of your breakfast. However, only 28g of various nuts is needed per day, which is just a small handful.
One Vegetable – One type of vegetable: Reduces the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
Ensuring you eat one type of vegetable for breakfast can lower the incidence and mortality of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, relieve stress, and promote longevity. Eating more fruits and vegetables per day can effectively reduce the risk of death and help extend lifespan.
One Egg – One egg: "Nourishes from head to toe"
Traditional Chinese medicine states that eggs are a "balanced" food. The yolk is slightly warm and can nourish the blood, while the egg white is slightly cool and can clear heat. Eggs are often called "complete nutritional foods." Research by medical and nutrition experts at home and abroad shows that eating one egg a day has many health benefits!
One Milk – One glass of milk: Prevents arteriosclerosis and high blood pressure
A glass of milk for breakfast can effectively supplement protein, vitamins, and calcium. For middle-aged and elderly people, it can also prevent osteoporosis, arteriosclerosis, and high blood pressure.
One Porridge – One bowl of oatmeal: Nourishes the stomach and lungs, lowers lipids and blood sugar
Oatmeal is often praised as the "longevity porridge." When cooked with millet to make oatmeal and millet porridge, it can also nourish the stomach and lungs, lower blood sugar and lipids, and calm the mind to aid sleep.