Nutrivore: The Radical New Science for Getting the Nutrients You Need from the Food You Eat

by Sarah Ballantyne

people who skip breakfast have a 22 percent increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes than people who eat breakfast every day, even after accounting for BMI.67 And the more days of the week you skip breakfast, the higher your risk. Skipping breakfast four or five times per week increases your risk of type 2 diabetes by a whopping 55 percent! Another 2019 meta-analysis showed that people who regularly skip breakfast are 21 percent more likely to develop cardiovascular disease, or die from it, than people who eat breakfast every day.68 The authors also calculated that people who regularly skip breakfast have a 32 percent higher risk of all-cause mortality compared to people who eat breakfast every day. That’s a huge effect. And a 2020 study showed that people who never eat breakfast have a 2.7 times higher risk of depressive symptoms