Alice was not used to having breakfast before leaving for work, because she does not usually have the appetite to eat that early.

Added to it was the need to leave home early to beat the usually early morning traffic and make it early to work.

But she was shocked at her recent discovery experts regard breakfast as the most important meal.

According to a Lagos based nutritionist, Mr Uche Ogbonna, breakfast does not only provide us the energy to start our day, it also plays an extremely crucial role in fat reduction.

Ogbonna said" Many people who seek to Shed some weight often make the mistake of skipping breakfast, not knowing that skipping breakfast exposes the body to many illnesses".

Another nutritionist, Mrs Evans Amaku also observed that healthy people who skip breakfast in other to cut down on calories often end up eating more lately in the day.

"There tends to be higher level of cholesterol and lower level of insulin in the body when you skip breakfast, Amaku said.

She noted that women in particular, who eat breakfast, tend to consume less calories than those who skip it. And by consuming more calories, cholesterol can clog up in the arteries and increase the risk of heart diseases. Heart attack or stroke can occur when and artery gets clogged up, she noted.

Worse still, people who skip breakfast more often consume more of carbohydrate than those who don't, thus secreting more sugar and less insulin in their blood streams.

Lower insulin levels are directly related to diabetes; insulin is a hormone that helps us to store excess glucose. When glucose is not stored and that could result in diabetes. When we wake up in the morning, the stress hormones in our body (cortisol) are very high. One function of cortisol is to convert proteins to glucose. Excess glucose gets converted to fat. Prolonged period of skipping breakfast will result in a lot of our body muscles breaking down and getting converted to fats.
Guess what? You devolve into a lump of fat!

Guess what? You devolve into a lump of fat!

So, if you don't want to be fat, don't skip breakfast.

The writer is of the opinion; instead of you skipping your breakfast take some light foods and fruits in the morning and do exercises. Moreover meet an expert who will advise you on what to take to cut down your excessive weight and fats in your body.

By
IBE JOSEPH C.
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