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posted by Fnord666 on Friday April 19 2019, @01:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the post-hoc-ergo-propter-hoc dept.

After Heart Attack: Late Dinner and no Breakfast a Killer Combination:

People who skip breakfast and eat dinner near bedtime have worse outcomes after a heart attack. That's the finding of research published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

The study found that people with the two eating habits had a four to five times higher likelihood of death, another heart attack, or angina (chest pain) within 30 days after hospital discharge for heart attack.

This was the first study to evaluate these unhealthy behaviours in patients with acute coronary syndromes. Skipping breakfast was observed in 58%, late-night dinner eating in 51%, and both behaviours in 41%.

The study enrolled patients with a particularly serious form of heart attack called ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). "One in ten patients with STEMI dies within a year, and nutrition is a relatively inexpensive and easy way to improve prognosis," said study author Dr Marcos Minicucci, of São Paolo State University, Brazil.

He recommended a minimum two hour interval between dinner and bedtime. "It is said that the best way to live is to breakfast like a king," he added. "A good breakfast is usually composed of dairy products (fat-free or low fat milk, yogurt and cheese), a carbohydrate (whole wheat bread, bagels, cereals), and whole fruits. It should have 15 to 35% of our total daily calorie intake."

The study included 113 patients with a mean age of 60, and 73% were men. Patients were asked about eating behaviours on admission to a coronary intensive care unit. Skipping breakfast was defined as nothing before lunch, excluding beverages, such as coffee and water, at least three times per week. Late-night dinner eating was defined as a meal within two hours before bedtime at least three times per week.

Is your first meal still called breakfast if you don't wake up until after noon?


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  • (Score: 2) by ikanreed on Friday April 19 2019, @02:15PM (4 children)

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 19 2019, @02:15PM (#832153) Journal

    Guess I'm gonna go eat breakfast this morning.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @02:28PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @02:28PM (#832163)

      Well... they don't provide any statistics for breakfast-skipping in the general population, and quick googling puts that at ~50%+, so it probably isn't too big of a deal considering their numbers aren't far off.

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @03:21PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @03:21PM (#832177)

      Does this mean I have to get up before the "crack of noon"?

    • (Score: 2) by Revek on Friday April 19 2019, @07:07PM

      by Revek (5022) on Friday April 19 2019, @07:07PM (#832250)

      I eat breakfast every morning to keep my blood sugar level. As far as chest pain. I've had daily chest pain since I had heart surgery ten years ago. Whats worse, my heart if forming its own bypasses. I am now pretty much screwed as far a any intervention on my heart short of a replacement heart. The pain at least lets me know I'm alive.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @10:04PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @10:04PM (#832323)

      I eat breakfast for dinner.

  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @02:24PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @02:24PM (#832157)

    Yeah, I can't imagine that there might be a secondary reason why people who skip breakfast and eat late dinners might have higher risks for heart attacks. Definitely nothing to do with the jobs they're skipping breakfast and getting home late for.

    This message brought to you by General Mills and the dairy industry.

    • (Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Friday April 19 2019, @02:39PM

      by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 19 2019, @02:39PM (#832168) Journal

      Yeah, there should definitely be a statistics journal out there called "Incidental not Causal"
       
      Heck, it would be a great name for a blog.... nothing like it seems to exist, although this [tylervigen.com] is interesting.

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    • (Score: 3, Funny) by maxwell demon on Friday April 19 2019, @09:09PM

      by maxwell demon (1608) on Friday April 19 2019, @09:09PM (#832294) Journal

      Next in:

      Surprising result of new study: Eating faster reduces available time!

      A new study came to a surprising result: The faster you eat, the less time you have. The researchers made a survey asking two questions: First, how long do you need for eating lunch, and second, how long is your lunch break. The surprising result: Those people who ate faster tended to also have the shorter lunch breaks. So eating fast, which is supposed to save you time, has actually the opposite effect: It reduces the amount of time you've got over lunch. The results were statistically significant, however the mechanism is not known yet.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @02:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @02:50PM (#832171)

    Intermittent fasting is a way to force your body to kick into fat-buring mode by not providing it with glucose.
    Several studies have shown this to have health benefits especially for those at risk of type II diabetes
    https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/intermittent-fasting-guide#methods [healthline.com]

  • (Score: 2, Informative) by opinionated_science on Friday April 19 2019, @03:19PM

    by opinionated_science (4031) on Friday April 19 2019, @03:19PM (#832176)

    Perhaps this should be in the headline?

    unhealthy behaviours in patients with acute coronary syndromes

    When you are already diagnosed with an acute clinical condition, anything less than the most healthy behaviours is mandatory.

    And even *then* we are all going to expire...it's the journey that matters!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @04:35PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @04:35PM (#832199)

    Why are we being scolded to drink skim milk, and then encouraged to eat yogurt and cheese?

    Yogurt is all too often just full of sugar. You'd be far better off with a glass of whole milk than skim milk + sugary yogurt. Yuck.

    • (Score: 2) by takyon on Friday April 19 2019, @05:39PM (3 children)

      by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Friday April 19 2019, @05:39PM (#832220) Journal

      Get an Instant Pot, grab a gallon of whole milk and a yogurt cup, make your own yogurt with almost no added sugars.

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      • (Score: 3, Funny) by Bot on Friday April 19 2019, @09:43PM

        by Bot (3902) on Friday April 19 2019, @09:43PM (#832309) Journal

        Protip: the milk that the cat did not lap up, the next day is yogurt.

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      • (Score: 1) by optotronic on Saturday April 20 2019, @02:09AM (1 child)

        by optotronic (4285) on Saturday April 20 2019, @02:09AM (#832408)

        Or you can buy bulk, non-fat, no-sugar-added yogurt (regular or Greek) and add fresh or frozen fruit.

        I keep (and wash) an old bulk yogurt container, put half the new yogurt into the old container, then fill the rest of each container with frozen fruit. Next day I stir it up before spooning a serving into a cup.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 20 2019, @03:15AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 20 2019, @03:15AM (#832434)

          You don't want the non-fat. Full-fat tastes better, and is better for you. Fat is an essential part of a healthy diet and you will be hungrier and eat more if you don't get enough of it.

    • (Score: 1) by Coward, Anonymous on Friday April 19 2019, @11:43PM

      by Coward, Anonymous (7017) on Friday April 19 2019, @11:43PM (#832372) Journal

      "A good breakfast is usually composed of dairy products (fat-free or low fat milk, yogurt and cheese), a carbohydrate (whole wheat bread, bagels, cereals), and whole fruits. It should have 15 to 35% of our total daily calorie intake."

      I think the Dr. is saying that all of the dairy, including yoghurt and cheese, should be low-fat, but the wording is ambiguous. Not that I buy into the advice given. Nutritional recommendations seem generally pretty useless

  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Bot on Friday April 19 2019, @04:56PM (1 child)

    by Bot (3902) on Friday April 19 2019, @04:56PM (#832207) Journal

    >Patients were asked about eating behaviours on admission to a coronary intensive care unit.

    I can picture that:
    - So, sir, we would like to know whether you are used to eat breakfast regularly.
    - HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
    - I'll take it as a "no". Next question,...

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    • (Score: 2, Informative) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday April 20 2019, @02:14AM

      by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday April 20 2019, @02:14AM (#832412) Homepage

      Nah, it's more having to be addicted to delicious meats and bacon with very little exercise. I see these ailments most often in those who are both addicted to delicious meats and sugary things as well as their jobs, which don't involve physical exercise. My strategy is to eat mostly unhealthy and then exercise it the fuck off. Not ideally healthy either, but it works well enough.

      Now if you want to discuss nightmare scenarios, imagine that your boss' doctor just told them that they have to abstain from candy* and fattening steaks. It's like watching a meth-addict have to quit, a lot of mood swings and fiery outbursts. Something you don't hear about much from people who are otherwise completely "sober" from alcohol and hard drugs.

      * The incident in question was when a former manager's doctor had demanded that they abstain from meat and candy right before our work Halloween party. Many sparks were thrown. We were on the verge of calling an intervention. That manager even in his fury beat the janitor after he saw that janitor being handed a complimentary bag full of Snickers, Butterfinger bars, Sweet-tarts, and even those nasty yellow Starburst that nobody likes.

  • (Score: 2) by digitalaudiorock on Saturday April 20 2019, @04:44PM

    by digitalaudiorock (688) on Saturday April 20 2019, @04:44PM (#832622) Journal

    After heart attack: Late dinner and no breakfast a killer combination

    ...based on:

    The study included 113 patients with a mean age of 60, and 73% were men.

    I am sooooo sick of the reporting done on all these various health "studies". Is it me, or is that an absurdly small sample size? The odds of other factors being the cause are off the charts.

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