An Abuja based medical practitioner,  Dr Okezie Emenike says patients who skip breakfast have increased risk of developing life threatening diseases. Emenike made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja. The medical doctor said that one of the worst things about skipping breakfast was that it lowers a patient’s metabolism and increases the chances of developing life threatening diseases such as cancer and diabetes, among others. Emenike described metabolism as the body’s ability to burn calories which is often referred to as body’s furnace, adding that eating regularly helps to keep the ‘fire burning’ and skipping breakfast would essentially let the ‘fire’ burn out. He noted that skipping meals and without refuelling the body for a number of hours could lower an individual’s blood sugar levels which can lead to hypoglycaemia. He explained that hypoglycaemia occurs when the amount of sugar (or glucose) in the blood dr...