Breakfast May Help Protect Against Heart Attacks

Maybe we don’t need any more health studies. Maybe we just need to follow mom’s advice: “Eat your vegetables. Go outside and play. Don’t skip breakfast.” A new study of nearly 27,000 men found that those who regularly ate breakfast had a 27% lower risk of heart attack over the 16-year period of the study. The study also found bad news for late-night eaters. Those men had a 55% higher risk of heart disease. They also weighed more, were more likely to have high blood pressure and higher cholesterol, and they were more likely to have diabetes. The study was from the Harvard School of Public Health and reported by the AP.