Skipping Breakfast Probably Won’t Kill You

Why breakfast isn’t preventing heart attacks

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There’s something wonderful about breakfast. Maybe it’s the fact that it’s the only meal of the day where it’s socially acceptable to drink your own body weight in coffee. Maybe it’s the delightful knowledge that you’ve actually managed to get out of bed today. Of course, it could be that we all love breakfast because we have been told by countless sources that it’s the best and healthiest meal of the day.

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And, according to recent headlines, breakfast is even more important than you might’ve thought. Across the world, media sources from the New York Times to CNN to the Daily Mail have been yelling that breakfast is not just about getting a good start to the day, it might be preventing heart attacks as well! Apparently, skipping breakfast increases your risk of stroke and heart disease by 87%, making it that much more important that we all chow down first thing after waking up.

But before you start gobbling down Cheerios in the morning, it’s worth noting that there’s more to the story than you may’ve heard.