It is often said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Now, there's some science to back it up and convince morning meal skippers to grab a bite before starting off.
Many health and medical authorities are concurring that skipping breakfast is not only a bad idea; it can also lead to serious problems over time.
According to Dr. Elizabeth Thomas, an endocrinologist at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, who led a study on how skipping breakfast affects the body, during the six to eight hours of sleep that the average person requires each night, the body doesn't get enough carbohydrates to burn, so it switches onto the stored fat as fuel instead. This causes the body to become insulin-resistant and have low blood sugar.
