Having breakfast lowers your risk of diabetes, heart disease

A new study has found that eating in the morning can reduce your risk of developing diabetes and heart disease, the Daily Mail reported.

This is because consuming food at this time can trigger the body's fat cells to consume sugar instead of storing it. This procedure can help control the hormone insulin and block it from producing excess fat that could lead to these health issues.

Breakfast has also been found to decrease obesity risk and provide the body with energy that can last through the day.

Not consuming food in the morning increases the risk of atherosclerosis and cholesterol which can cause heart disease.

Researchers in Bath and Nottingham, England analysed a group of 49 participants (29 lean, 20 obese) for six weeks. Some were asked to eat breakfast everyday, while others were told to wait till mid-day to consume food.

Before and after the experiment, the team "measured metabolism, body composition, appetite responses and markers of metabolic and cardiovascular health", the report stated.

The results revealed having a good breakfast increased the fat cells ability to take up sugar in response to insulin.

"By better understanding how fat responds to what and when we eat, we can more precisely target those mechanisms," lead author of the study Doctor Javier Gonzalez, an assistant professor in Human Physiology at Bath University, told the Daily Mail. Adding, "We may be able to uncover new ways to prevent the negative consequences of having a large amount of body fat, even if we cannot get rid of it."

The study was originally published in the Journal of Physiology.