Skipping Breakfast Could Be Ruining Your Gut & Making You Gain Weight (Science Explained)

Are you skipping breakfast regularly? You might want to think twice. As someone who researches inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), I’ve seen how breakfast—or the lack of it—can profoundly impact your gut health, metabolism, and even weight. Recent studies show that skipping breakfast can: ✔️ Increase intestinal permeability (“leaky gut”) ✔️ Trigger gut inflammation ✔️ Affect metabolism and increase weight gain ✔️ Disrupt glucose regulation and increase diabetes risk One study compared two people eating the same daily calories. The person skipping breakfast gained more weight than the one who ate breakfast! This isn’t just “calories in, calories out”—gut health plays a HUGE role. In this video, you’ll learn: Why breakfast is crucial for a healthy gut microbiome How skipping breakfast affects intestinal barrier function The science behind inflammation, weight gain, and metabolism