Breakfast today will have great benefits for the future
Is there any doubt about the importance of breakfast? In case there was someone who still did not give the value that the so-called "most important meal of the day" should have, a group of researchers from the National Center for Cardiovascular Research Carlos III It offers another reason to do so.
With a new job, this group of researchers has found a link between skipping the breakfast and develop atherosclerotic lesions in the future. That is, the arteries of those who do not sit at the table in the morning, or do so in a deficient manner, suffer in the future. At the same time, those who dispense with this food intake have a more deficient habit of life, with its consequences.
Accumulation of fat
This investigation brought together more than 4000 people. All of them were subjected to tests with which to define the state of their arteries. 20% of participants took a breakfast with a high energy value, 70% made a first of low energy value. Finally, 3% had very little or no breakfast (5% of the daily calories.
The data resulting from this investigation revealed that there is a presence 1.5 times greater in the number of atherosclerotic plaques, accumulated fat in the blood vessels, and 2.5 times more damage in the group that did not eat breakfast compared to the one that took a first intake of foods with more energy value.
At the same time, skip breakfast, or swallow a 5% less Of the 100 calories recommended in a 2000 diet, it can be a sign of eating habits and an unhealthy lifestyle. Habits that in the long run will be a problem for the health since as these data showed the accumulation of fats in the walls of the arteries- they develop at an early age, although there are no visible symptoms.
Improving breakfast
Are there any questions about how to improve breakfast? These are some ideas to improve it even more and to avoid these health problems in the long run. You have to remember the foods that should be present at the table in this first meal of the day:
- Dairy products: milk, yogurt and cheese.
- Carbohydrates: cereals, cookies, bread.
- Fats: olive oil, butter or margarine.
- Vegetables: fruit or juice (do not substitute juice or other preparations with high sugar)
At the same time, we must remember some tips plus:
- Avoid industrial pastries at breakfast. 32.6% acknowledge giving their children a piece of pastries every day, being 65% of this industrial bakery.
- Make breakfast healthy. 2 out of 10 parents give more importance to making breakfast simple, tasty or fun to be healthy.
- Fruit, dairy and cereals: a good breakfast. Only 11% of parents surveyed say they give fruit to their children at breakfast, despite the fact that 56% consider fruit the third most important element after dairy products and cereals.
- Moderates the intake of fats at breakfast. 48% of parents with children over 4 years of age believe that it is not healthy for breakfast to contain fat. Of those who consider that it is, 73% prefer margarine, compared to 27% who choose olive oil.
Damián Montero
