Importance of having Breakfast

One of every five death in the US is due to coronary heart disease (CHD). If you would like to know more facts and figures about the Heart Attack then visit American Heart Organization
Breakfast can help prevent strokes, heart attack and sudden death. Read on to know how.

Many of us tend to skip breakfast in order to get to work. For those who always skip breakfast here is an article which shows you the fatal adverse effect you have when you skip your breakfast. You've heard many times that "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day." recent researches have confirmed that. One of the worst practices you can develop is avoiding breakfast.

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. The picture below shows the details

However, eating even a very light breakfast prevents the morning platelet activation that is associated with heart attacks and strokes. Research & Studies have found that eating a light, very low-fat breakfast is critical in modifying the morning platelet activation.

Develop a simple plan to eat cereal, such as oatmeal or Bran Flakes, along with six - eight 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 ever skip breakfast. So think twice before you are about to skip your next breakfast.