Skip breakfast and eat late at night, which is worse for recovery after a heart attack

Adding fuel to the idea that when you eat can be as important as what you eat, a new study in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology found that people who combined two eating habits – skipping breakfast and eating late at night – were worse after a heart attack. The European Society of Cardiology writes in Medical Xpress that these people "were four to five times more likely to die, of another heart attack or angina (chest pain) within 30 days of the out of the hospital for heart attack. "The study was conducted on 113 people aged 60 on average; 73% of the participants were men.

The study notes that people who prefer the combo "late dinner / early breakfast" may have other bad habits, "like smoking and having a low level of physical activity", which could also help explain this low recovery rate. A late dinner may be related to late work, for example, and may lead to not being hungry in the morning. While someone who gets up and goes to the gym, for example, would probably be more likely to have a healthy breakfast.

The author of the study, Dr. Marcos Minicucci, of the State University of São Paulo, Brazil, adheres to the concept "breakfast is the most important meal of the day, "advising people to treat breakfast" like a king … A good breakfast usually consists of dairy products (gluten-free or low-fat milk, yogurt and cheese), a carbohydrate (whole wheat bread , bagels, cereals) and whole fruits. It should represent 15 to 35% of our total daily calorie intake. He also recommends an interval of at least two hours between dinner and bedtime.