This week's blog takes a look at recent media claims that skipping breakfast is killing people
Spoiler: it probably isn't
#health #science #breakfasthttps://medium.com/@gidmk/skipping-breakfast-wont-kill-you-11bd1be9fabb …
-
-
So when a study comes out that says that never eating breakfast is associated with an 87% increased risk of cardiovascular death, it's quite hard to know what that means
Show this thread -
Even worse, the study did not find an increased risk for either heart disease or all-cause mortality, which makes these results even harder to interpretpic.twitter.com/7fJFWvQu5J
Show this thread -
There's also research indicating that when you actually ask people to eat breakfast who otherwise wouldn't, they put on weight and get less healthy So maybe it's not the breakfast after all?
Show this thread -
The blog goes into more detail, so have a read!
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.