Iportance of having Breakfast :

Breakfast can help prevent strokes, heart attack and sudden
death. For those who always skip breakfast, you should stop
that habit now! You've heard many times that 'Breakfast is the
most important meal of the day.' Now, recent research confirms
that one of the worst practices you can develop may be
avoiding breakfast. Why?

Because the frequency of heart attack, sudden death, and
stroke peaks between 6: 00a.m. and noon, with the highest
incidence being between 8: 00a.m. and 10:00a.m.What mechanism
within the body could account for this significant jump in
sudden death in the early morning hours? We may have an
Answer. Platelet, tiny elements in the blood that keep us from
bleeding to Death if we get a cut, can clump together inside
our arteries due to Cholesterol or plaque buildup in the
artery lining. It is in the morning hours that platelets
become the most activated and tend to form these internal
blood clots at the greatest frequency.

However, eating even a very light breakfast prevents the
morning platelet activation that is associated with heart
attacks and strokes. Studies performed at Memorial University
in St. Johns, Newfoundland found that eating a light, very
low-fat breakfast was critical in modifying the morning
platelet activation. Subjects in the study consumed either
low-fat or fat-free yogurt, orange juice, fruit, and a source
of protein coming from yogurt or fat-free milk. So if you skip
breakfast, it's important that you change this practice
immediately in light of this research. Develop a simple plan
to eat cereal, such as oatmeal or Bran Flakes, along with six
ounces of grape juice or orange juice, and
perhaps a piece of
fruit. This simple plan will keep your platelets from sticking
together, keep blood clots from forming, and perhaps head off
a potential Heart Attack or stroke. So never try to skip your
breakfast.

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