Eat breakfast to lower heart risk
Men who regularly eat breakfast have a lower risk of heart attack or death from heart disease than do men who skip the first meal of the day.
Now there is. After controlling for age, diet quality, smoking, marital status, employment status, family risk of heart disease, and exercise, Dr. Rimm's team found that men who skip breakfast (no meals or snacks before lunch) were 27% more likely to have a nonfatal heart attack or to die of heart disease.
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