8 Harmful Side Effects Of Skipping Breakfast


Khushi Bhattar
19-03-2025, 09:00 IST
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    If you are skipping breakfast amidst your busy schedule, then beware. Skipping your first meal of the day has certain side effects. Today, we are gonna reveal eight harmful side effects of skipping breakfast. Tap to check!

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Increased Risk Of Heart Disease

    People who skip breakfast have a higher chance of developing heart disease. Also, skipping breakfast is linked to hypertension and high cholesterol.

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Reduced Blood Sugar Level

    Eating in the morning helps restore glycogen and stabilise the insulin level. If you skip breakfast in the morning, you will end up feeling more hungry.

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Increase Weight Gain

    If you are on a weight loss journey and missing breakfast for dieting, please wake to the reality. People tend to gain weight if they skip the first meal of the day.

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Slow Metabolism

    Breakfast is the boost of metabolism and skipping it may result in reduced energy, which is required to complete several tasks of the day.

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Increased Acidity

    A long gap between the last meal of the day and breakfast leads to acid reflux, gastritis, and stomach acid. Thus, eating breakfast helps digestive juices to break down the food, preventing acidity.

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Triggers Hair Loss

    Breakfast plays a major role in promoting hair growth, and not indulging in a protein-packed breakfast will lead to severe hair fall.

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Irregular Menstrual Cycle

    Skipping breakfast is linked to an increase in the incidence of premenstrual pain, anorexia, and dysmenorrhea.

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Causes Migraine

    Skipping breakfast reduces sugar level. After the body releases the hormone to compensate for the low glucose level, it leads to a high blood pressure level. This, in turn leads to migraine and headache.

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Information Credits

    According to the National Institute of Health, skipping breakfast in the morning leads to all these problems.

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