What are the dangers of skipping lunch

It is very important to eat three meals a day regularly, especially the lunch meal is very important and you must eat well. However, in daily life, many people have the habit of skipping lunch. Even if they are not hungry, maintaining this habit for a long time is very harmful to the body. The impact in this regard needs to be understood in detail. So, what are the dangers of skipping lunch? Let’s take a look below.

1. Damage to the brain

The weight of brain tissue only accounts for 2-3% of human body weight, but the brain's blood flow is not less at all, about 800 ml per minute, oxygen consumption is about 45 ml per minute, and sugar consumption is about 5 grams per hour.

If adults do not eat lunch at noon, the most common symptom is low blood sugar, which affects work efficiency, hinders thinking, and even faints.

The brain tissue of teenagers is in the development stage, and their demand for blood, oxygen and glucose is higher than that of adults. If blood sugar is too low, brain consciousness activities will be impaired. If this continues for a long time, it will also affect the weight and morphological development of the brain.

2. Digestive System Diseases

Under normal circumstances, food empties from the stomach into the intestines in about four to six hours.

If you don't have a good lunch, gastric acid and various digestive enzymes in the stomach will "digest" the gastric mucosa.

If things go on like this for a long time, the normal function of cells to secrete mucus will be destroyed, which can easily cause digestive system diseases such as gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer.

Once you suffer from gastrointestinal disease, it will be a nightmare that follows you throughout your life and it is difficult to cure.

3. It causes arteriosclerosis and is more likely to lead to obesity.

Some women who are not office workers skip lunch because they are afraid of gaining weight.

There is no scientific basis for this practice. The human body has a standard demand for calories. If you skip lunch, you will inevitably increase your dinner intake.

After dinner, people generally do less exercise, which makes it easier for fat to accumulate and lead to obesity.

In addition, skipping lunch for a long time will cause cholesterol and lipoprotein to deposit in the inner walls of blood vessels, leading to hardening of blood vessels, accelerating skin aging and producing more wrinkles.