Skipping lunch is bad for your health

Yahoo, 28 March 2011

Christina Merryfield, the lead dietitian at Bupa Cromwell Hospital, talks about Bupa's recent survey that found skipping lunch actually lowers productivity.

More than one in five of those surveyed by Bupa said working through their lunch left them feeling irritable and stressed.

For this reason, Christina Merryfield, Bupa’s lead dietitian, has the following advice:

• Aim to drink six to eight glasses of fluid a day.

• Do not skip lunch.

• Base your lunch on the three basic food groups - starch, protein, fat.

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