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Does skipping dinner cause any health problems?
Aug 12, 2014

Dr. Rania Mousa General Medicine
Skipping meals is often seen as an attractive way to lose weight or often being busy.Unfortunately, the side affects of skipping meals are much more serious than any potential benefits.
Some consequences of skipping meals can include promoting the development of
>diabetes
>inadequate nutrition
>decreases metabolism and the way the food is digested

FIRST : DIABETES:

One of the most important reasons that skipping meals is unhealthy is due to the affect this has on your blood sugar.

When you eat a meal your body breaks up the food,Some of this food is stored as fat, while other parts of it enter your bloodstream as sugar, and work to provide you with energy throughout the day.

When you skip a meal, your blood sugar drops dramatically. This not only can make you feel sluggish and tired, but it can also affects insulin in your body. If you chronically skip meals, you can be setting yourself up for the development of diabetes later in life.

SECOND : PROPER NUTRITION:
Another important reason why skipping meals is unhealthy is due to the fact that you are more than likely not receiving adequate nutrition.
Eating a diet that is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean meats helps not only to ensure that your body functions properly, but can also help in the treatment and prevention of a number of serious conditions.
Some conditions that can be improved with proper nutrition include cardiovascular disease, strokes, and some types of cancer.
You may believe that you can skip meals and still achieve optimal nutrition by supplementing your diet with multivitamins. And while multivitamins do have their place, research has shown that these pills aren't as effective as real food at providing your body with what it needs. For good health, try to eat as naturally as possible.

THIRD :METABOLISM:
You typically skip meals for two main reasons. One, you are ultra busy and don't have enough time to grab a quick snack, or two, you are trying to lose weight

>>If you are one of the people who are trying to lose weight, you may be actually making the opposite effect on your body by skipping meals.
When you eat, your metabolism, which is one of your body's functions, works to break the food down into smaller, usable parts. When you skip a meal, your metabolism has nothing to do. In a way, your metabolism is like a muscle.
You must use it, or you will "lose it." When your metabolism does not have to work to break down food, it begins to slow down. Then, the next time you do actually eat something, your metabolism is not able to break the food down as quickly, and as a result the food is stored as fat.

Therefore, in order to maintain a healthy weight (or even lose weight), it is essential that you eat regularly throughout the day. And to convince you more some diet plans advise to take five to seven small, regularly timed meals eaten over the course of a day works best when trying to maintain a healthy weight and lose weight since this will increase metabolism.
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