Is Breakfast a Scam?!

Lee Zhi Ling, Nutritionist

04-Aug-25 18:00

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For the longest time, we were told that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Cereal ads swore by it, your parents nagged you about it, and skipping it was practically taboo. But times have changed. Intermittent fasting is trending, and many of us aren’t exactly burning calories in the fields at dawn — we're just seated at our desks in front of our laptops. So what's the truth? Is breakfast a scam? We speak to nutritionist Lee Zhi Ling.

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Produced by: Dashran Yohan, Lee Chwi Lynn

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn

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Categories: food, wellness

Tags: meal, breakfast, nutrition, health,

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