Most of us women think that eating less food leads to weight loss. How many of my friends skip breakfast or any meal of the day? They feel that this will make it easier for them to get a slim and trim figure. However, this does not happen at all. If you are skipping breakfast to stay fit or to lose weight, then it has adverse effects on the body. To get a good figure, one should never skip meals.

Skipping any meal causes deficiency of micronutrients in your body and this can cause many diseases. Due to metabolic disorder, your weight may start increasing instead of decreasing.

A study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism of the Endocrine Society found that 'a heavy breakfast and a light dinner' can help you stay fit and well. It can also prevent obesity and high blood sugar.

Nutritionist Itu Chhabra, founder of Nutriitu, says, "If you think that this helps you lose weight quickly, then it is not so. Breakfast only means that your overnight fast should be broken. It is the most important and first main meal of the day. This provides fuel to your body so that you can work throughout the day. Breakfast should always be full and include such things in the diet, which also include macronutrients in your plate."

Why is breakfast important?

When we sleep after having dinner, after that till the next morning we have fasted for 10-12 hours. After this time, your body needs food, so that it can work with energy throughout the day. Our breakfast can determine how our entire day goes. How energetic and nourished you will be depends on your healthy or heavy breakfast.

This is the effect of skipping breakfast on the body

Today the lifestyle has become such that we do not pay attention to anything. Due to work stress our eating habits have also deteriorated. Due to this, people have started skipping breakfast. He feels that this helps in lose weight faster and has started replacing it with fruits, salads and smoothies for breakfast. They think that these things are enough to replenish the nutrition in their body, but it is not so.

This is a wrong practice and skipping the main meal can not only lead to micronutrient deficiencies but also lead to lifestyle-based metabolic disorders. Studies also show that people who do not eat breakfast are at higher risk of these diseases-

  • Heart disease
  • Diabetes
  • Obesity
  • High blood pressure blood pressure
  • Stroke
  • Obesity
  • Cardiovascular-related death
  • LDL cholesterol

Skipping breakfast reduces metabolic rate

Skipping meals, especially your first meal in the morning, can slow down your metabolic rate, which can lead to weight gain or make it difficult for you to lose weight. If you consume too few calories, your body goes into conservation mode, slowing your metabolism.

Blood pressure can become uncontrolled

Some people also experience headaches, low blood sugar, fainting and difficulty concentrating when they skip breakfast. Many studies show that eating breakfast can also help control blood sugar and blood pressure levels and improve cholesterol levels. However, this does not mean that you should eat fried and processed foods for breakfast.

Skipping breakfast can reduce immunity

Have you ever noticed that you are falling sick more often? This could also be due to skipping breakfast. If you skip breakfast every day, your immunity gets affected. Skipping breakfast can damage and destroy your immune cells. The body needs essential nutrients to fight disease and when you take fewer nutrients at one time every day, this will not be possible.

Nutritionist Itu Chhabra says, "This also increases your acidity level and you start having cravings at the wrong time. Due to this, you start consuming more fast food. Do not think at all that skipping meals at one time will help you lose weight." It will be less. Keep in mind that even if you lose weight once, it may increase again."

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