Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day? - The Food Chain podcast, BBC World Service

High prices, busy lives and the rise of intermittent fasting mean more people are skipping breakfast. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM Ruth Alexander speaks to three experts in nutrition about whether that matters. She finds out what it’s best to eat for your first meal of the day and when is best to have it. Experts Courtney Peterson, a researcher in intermittent fasting and associate professor at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in the United States. Professor Alexandra Johnstone, a nutrition scientist based at The Rowett Institute at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and Marianella Herrera, an associate professor in public health nutrition at Central University of Venezuela and visiting lecturer at Framingham State University in the US, share their insights. 00:00 Introduction 01:55 Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day? 03:30 What are the benefits of having an early breakfast? 08:45 Is intermittent fasting healthy? 12:30 What do people around the world eat for breakfast? 15:00 What does a healthy breakfast look like? 16:00 What do people in Latin American countries eat? 21:40 Is there a wellbeing benefit to sitting down and eating breakfast? Check out more episodes of The Food Chain here 👉🏽    • The Food Chain   Presenter: Ruth Alexander Producer: Izzy Greenfield Editor: Sara Wadeson ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Twitter 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Facebook 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #worldservice #breakfast #breakfastrecipe #food #foodscience