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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 85, No. 4, 981-988, April 2007
© 2007 American Society for Nutrition
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATION
A controlled trial of reduced meal frequency without caloric restriction in healthy, normal-weight, middle-aged adults1,2,3
Kim S Stote, David J Baer, Karen Spears, David R Paul, G Keith Harris, William V Rumpler, Pilar Strycula, Samer S Najjar, Luigi Ferrucci, Donald K Ingram, Dan L Longo and Mark P Mattson
1 From the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, US Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Beltsville, MD (KSS, DJB, KS, DRP, GKW, and WVR), and the Clinical Research Branch (PS and LF), and the Laboratories of Cardiovascular Science (SSN), Experimental Gerontology (DKI), Immunology (DLL), and Neurosciences (MPM), National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD
Background:Although consumption of 3 meals/d is the most common pattern of eating in industrialized countries, a scientific rationale for this meal frequency with respect to optimal health is lacking. A diet with less meal frequency can improve the health and extend the lifespan of laboratory animals, but its effect on humans has never been tested.
Objective:A pilot study was conducted to establish the effects of a reduced-meal-frequency diet on health indicators in healthy, normal-weight adults.
Design:The study was a randomized crossover design with two 8-wk treatment periods. During the treatment periods, subjects consumed all of the calories needed for weight maintenance in either 3 meals/d or 1 meal/d.
Results:Subjects who completed the study maintained their body weight within 2 kg of their initial weight throughout the 6-mo period. There were no significant effects of meal frequency on heart rate, body temperature, or most of the blood variables measured. However, when consuming 1 meal/d, subjects had a significant increase in hunger; a significant modification of body composition, including reductions in fat mass; significant increases in blood pressure and in total, LDL-, and HDL-cholesterol concentrations; and a significant decrease in concentrations of cortisol.
Conclusions:Normal-weight subjects are able to comply with a 1 meal/d diet. When meal frequency is decreased without a reduction in overall calorie intake, modest changes occur in body composition, some cardiovascular disease risk factors, and hematologic variables. Diurnal variations may affect outcomes.
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Multiple meals are not very beneficial as all evidence indicates.
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are you trying to say eat one or two huge meals a day as opposed to five or six smaller ones?
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Multiple meals are not very beneficial as all evidence indicates.
All evidence? One study?
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All evidence? One study?
Do some research. You will see that you have been following a myth for years, for no good reason.
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how many times a day do you eat adam?
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How much muscle mass did the participants manage to gain during this study?
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Do some research. You will see that you have been following a myth for years, for no good reason.
I don't care. You said all evidence I don't see one study as all evidence. Anyway, I probably only eat two large meals a day anyway (maybe a snack here & there). I've been doing that for years. I don't care too much about studies & such I simply do what works for me.
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how many times a day do you eat adam?
I do not count meals per se`.
Usually I have 2 times that I eat.
My first time eating is around 300-600 calories or so. Lately, I have been eating gazpacho for these calories.
My final time eating around 1100-1300 calories. This is usually a recipe from a Food Network Chef, whatever I want, and ALWAYS 2-3 glasses of Red Wine.
For instance yesterday I had 2 bowls of Gazpacho,
Then before I went to bed, I had Bobby Flay`s Macaroni and Cheese Carbonara which contains Whole Milk, and 5 Different kinds of cheeses. With this recipe, he beat the most recognized Macaroni and cheese chef in America. This is THE BEST you can get.
With that, I also had a slice of Paula Deen`s, Better than Sex Cake. Very good!!! I drank my 3 glasses of wine with this meal.
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I do not count meals per se`.
Usually I have 2 times that I eat.
My first time eating is around 300-600 calories or so. Lately, I have been eating gazpacho for these calories.
My final time eating around 1100-1300 calories. This is usually a recipe from a Food Network Chef, whatever I want, and ALWAYS 2-3 glasses of Red Wine.
For instance yesterday I had 2 bowls of Gazpacho,
Then before I went to bed, I had Bobby Flay`s Macaroni and Cheese Carbonara which contains Whole Milk, and 5 Different kinds of cheeses. With this recipe, he beat the most recognized Macaroni and cheese chef in America. This is THE BEST you can get.
With that, I also had a slice of Paula Deen`s, Better than Sex Cake. Very good!!! I drank my 3 glasses of wine with this meal.
cool thanks for the answer...... On the diet you suggested to meof 1800 calories per day I eat 5 meals do you think should cut down the frequency?? Because I do like to eat before and after training
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I don't care. You said all evidence I don't see one study as all evidence. Anyway, I probably only eat two large meals a day anyway (maybe a snack here & there). I've been doing that for years. I don't care too much about studies & such I simply do what works for me.
You do understand that you aren`t above Science?
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i go on fasts quite often
i like the all or nothing principle
im eather gonna eat a shitload of pies, pizza, icecream, and grape juice maybe a salad for fiber
or eat nothing just lots of water
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You do understand that you aren`t above Science?
You are above science TA!! hahahahah, you ignore all the studies that are against what you do! Laughable. Oh Yeah, wheres the deadlift video.
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cool thanks for the answer...... On the diet you suggested to meof 1800 calories per day I eat 5 meals do you think should cut down the frequency?? Because I do like to eat before and after training
I think your approach of 5 times is completely fine. I do think a reduction in frequency would help reduce cortisol levels a bit and perhaps with the release of adipose tissue in various sites that are subject to individual pre-disposition of accumulation.
With that said,Being that your calories are restricted, you will not have to worry too much as you will get your desired result. Think of meal frequency reduction as an added benefit.
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You do understand that you aren`t above Science?
I suppose you are a scientist?
Why would I think that? I said I don't care what others do (i.e. studies, etc). I do what works with me & for my body. Do the various theories & laws of sscience apply to me? Of course.
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All evidence? One study?
Meh, next year there will be a 'scientific' study refuting this one. Eat meals with a frequency that is comfortable to you and with common sense. That is all.
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STFU!
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Multiple meals are not very beneficial as all evidence indicates.
Please don't make me own you again, haven't you been publically humiliated enough?
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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ONE MORE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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your constant posting of these pics are tiresome and unfunny
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your constant posting of these pics are tiresome and unfunny
STOP DESCRIBING YOURSELF
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i think its best to not eat if you are traing but it is best to eat or drink DURING training mainily carbs every 30 min in a workout will keep you going for a long time . if you have nothing to do workout 4 hours smoke some weed drink 3 parts water one part grape juice every 30 min along with extra water youll be suprised how much energy you derive from the water and minimal amount of carbs. and on the weekends have all the fatty foods you want
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STOP DESCRIBING YOURSELF
you are hilarious ::) what are you in grade 6? hahaha and your obsession with Adonis is pathetic.... all 400 of your posts are about him, if you are not a gimmic you really need a life
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Did you read the whole thing? This was what happened eating one meal a day.
"significant increases in blood pressure and in total, LDL-, and HDL-cholesterol concentrate"
Increased blood pressure and LDL are not good things.
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I always seem to lose more fat on less meals/day so this does not surprise me
Probably has something to do with the smaller portions not stimulating the metabolism (enough) ?
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATION
A controlled trial of reduced meal frequency without caloric restriction in healthy, normal-weight, middle-aged adults1,2,3
Objective:A pilot study was conducted to establish the effects of a reduced-meal-frequency diet on health indicators in healthy, normal-weight adults.
Who wants to be a healthy, normal-weight, middle-aged adult?
I like being a huge young man, much bigger than normal.
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you are hilarious ::) what are you in grade 6? hahaha and your obsession with Adonis is pathetic.... all 400 of your posts are about him, if you are not a gimmic you really need a life
You are always chasing man ass. Your filthy.
OT: One meal a day is nothing new, there's something called 'the warrior diet' and it's been out for years.
But who wants to be hungry all day and then eat 4000 calories in one sitting. That's no way to spend your days.
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I always seem to lose more fat on less meals/day so this does not surprise me
Probably has something to do with the smaller portions not stimulating the metabolism (enough) ?
Would be due to your body having less carbs and having to burn fat for fuel. However, this diet would not work for optimal muscle building and maintenance.
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Why does anybody listen to this idiot Adonis? i admit he is hysterical but only because he displays such a lack of knowledge that its amusing.
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I do not count meals per se`.
Usually I have 2 times that I eat.
My first time eating is around 300-600 calories or so. Lately, I have been eating gazpacho for these calories.
My final time eating around 1100-1300 calories. This is usually a recipe from a Food Network Chef, whatever I want, and ALWAYS 2-3 glasses of Red Wine.
For instance yesterday I had 2 bowls of Gazpacho,
Then before I went to bed, I had Bobby Flay`s Macaroni and Cheese Carbonara which contains Whole Milk, and 5 Different kinds of cheeses. With this recipe, he beat the most recognized Macaroni and cheese chef in America. This is THE BEST you can get.
With that, I also had a slice of Paula Deen`s, Better than Sex Cake. Very good!!! I drank my 3 glasses of wine with this meal.
Indeed, arnold used to eat 3 a day and Serge used to eat cookies all day and then a pound of horse meat in the evening.
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You do understand that you aren`t above Science?
You do understand that you are below science and everything else.
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You do understand that you are below science and everything else.
You do understand you've got your own gravity field surrounding your fat ass ............
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ONE MORE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i ws looking for this pic, epic ownage!!!!!!!!!!
funny shit
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wow...........
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The subjects wre not athletes but the results were interesting nonentheless..
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Would be due to your body having less carbs and having to burn fat for fuel. However, this diet would not work for optimal muscle building and maintenance.
I rarely ever eat carbs so that changes nothing
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Background:Although consumption of 3 meals/d is the most common pattern of eating in industrialized countries,
Interesting study but you have to wonder why so many industrialized countries are overweight. Meal timing and un-natural patterned eating has been a proven cause.
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Markus Ruhl in his video says that at the most he eats 8 meals with 50 grams of protein per meal, but that often he will combine two meals and have 100 grams in one sitting, (ex. 4 meals x 100 grams) and that he didn't feel it made a difference.
Also Nasser El Sonbaty said that on some days in the offseason he only gets 100 grams of protein in a day, and at times he might go 8 hours without food.
Seems like it's not unusual even among the pros to reduce their number of meals.
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I do not count meals per se`.
Usually I have 2 times that I eat.
My first time eating is around 300-600 calories or so. Lately, I have been eating gazpacho for these calories.
My final time eating around 1100-1300 calories. This is usually a recipe from a Food Network Chef, whatever I want, and ALWAYS 2-3 glasses of Red Wine.
For instance yesterday I had 2 bowls of Gazpacho,
Then before I went to bed, I had Bobby Flay`s Macaroni and Cheese Carbonara which contains Whole Milk, and 5 Different kinds of cheeses. With this recipe, he beat the most recognized Macaroni and cheese chef in America. This is THE BEST you can get.
With that, I also had a slice of Paula Deen`s, Better than Sex Cake. Very good!!! I drank my 3 glasses of wine with this meal.
Was that the meal your mom left in the fridge for you?
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The subjects wre not athletes but the results were interesting nonentheless..
I am sure you will now try to put it in your articles since I raised your concisousness to this issue.
This seems to be the trend lately as I see alot of my pontifications showing up in many publications.
At least I am making your job easier. Hopefully, you won`t put a spin on this like you do almost everything else.
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Interesting study but you have to wonder why so many industrialized countries are overweight. Meal timing and un-natural patterned eating has been a proven cause.
Not true at all.
People are overweight only because they overconsume. Nothing more.
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i would think that if u eat only one meal a day, the body would store most of the energy from the food as fat, that it would be released slowly till next meal, so less meals u eat the more fat u store, the more fat u use as energy. Thats y u will prob get tired during parts of the day if u eat only one meal. Eating increases metabolism, i know i store more fat if i only eat once a day. adonis needs to stop trying to shove his principles down our throats, the flex diet is for pros who use a lot of juice, but we can eat 3 meal a day , normal food, and maybe couple of shakes and still grow well, and be lean.
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all marketing
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Cool study how about you look up some more, and get back to us on the thermic effect of food?
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FFS it's a pilotstudy!
nuff said, besides it ain't all beneficial...
Cut the science crap till you know what good science entails!
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I am sure you will now try to put it in your articles since I raised your concisousness to this issue.
Negative. I receive an email when a new Am J Clin Nutr issue is released.
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your constant posting of these pics are tiresome and unfunny
Really I thought they were hilarious.
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Its interesting when you see people eat like pigs all the time and say they are fat because of cortisol. ???
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I am sure you will now try to put it in your articles since I raised your concisousness to this issue.
This seems to be the trend lately as I see alot of my pontifications showing up in many publications.
At least I am making your job easier. Hopefully, you won`t put a spin on this like you do almost everything else.
You sure used this big word correctly. TA and pontificate. Like loony and tunes.
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I am sure you will now try to put it in your articles since I raised your concisousness to this issue.
This seems to be the trend lately as I see alot of my pontifications showing up in many publications.
At least I am making your job easier. Hopefully, you won`t put a spin on this like you do almost everything else.
are you aware that this term is pejorative (unless you happen to be a pontiff that is)?
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Cool study how about you look up some more, and get back to us on the thermic effect of food?
I have already discussed the meaningless of it:
WHY THE THERMIC EFFECT OF FOOD IS MEANINGLESS!!!!!!!!! for the 98435890435834 time.
Protein has a Thermic effect of about 15% wheras carbohydrates are around 10% as studies indicate.
What this represents is the calories burned through digestion. There is not a significant variance to even matter.
Lets say one takes in 300 grams of carbs or 1200 calories. 10 percent burned is going to be 120 calories.
Now lets compare 300 grams of protein or 1200 calories. 180 calories are going to be burned in digestion.
The variance of 60 calories means nothing. Typing on the computer for an hour also burns 60 calories.
Hope this helps you guys.
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sumowrestlers are well known to just eat one meal a day, it helps them build up adipose-tissue.
keith speak on this.
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Agghhh!!!
Chanko-nabe
http://www.banzuke.com/chanko-nabe/
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Multiple meals are not very beneficial as all evidence indicates.
WRONG! This study did not measure metabolic rate - but did give CRUDE measurements of body fat (minor change) and a significant NEGATIVE change in cardiac risks factors (lipids and blood pressure) - so perhaps you save a 0.5% of body fat but reduce lifespan by increasing risk of heart disease and stoke...not smart!
Also they used BIA to measure body fat - it is highly inaccurate compared to DXA (DEXA). The change they observed is within the error range for BIA testing!
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Multiple meals are not very beneficial as all evidence indicates.
In terms of weight loss/maintenance - no - that's old news. The British Journal of Nutrition has reported on various studies since the early 80's. However, there are several other reasons multiple meals are beneficial.
example:
Nibbling Versus Gorging: Prolonged Carbohydrate Absorption
by Tanya Zilberter, PhD
"Recently, the health benefits of so-called " nibbling versus gorging" phenomenon, when starchy meals are eaten frequently but in smaller amounts, is broadly discussed."
The beneficial effects of prolonged carbohydrate absorption are observed even with the same carbohydrate form: since 1930s, it is well known to diabetics and their doctors that when glucose is sipped slowly rather than gulped, less insulin is needed to control blood glucose concentrations.
Effects of Meal Frequency Increase
An average American eats an average 3.12 meals a day. Is it enough? How does meal timing affect one's body weight and general health? How does it influence one's appetite and muscle mass?
Ever thought what makes you start and finish eating? Right, hunger makes you start and feeling full makes you stop. But how about breakfast? They say it's the most important part of your meal plan and you eat it just for the sake of it. How about snacking, should you have snacks? How often? Don't we take for granted that skipping breakfasts and having two square meals a day is bad for you? Bad for what exactly? Let's see if there's any rationale behind.
Studies have demonstrated that a good breakfast is usually associated with an improvement in mental tasks performance later in the morning, while lunch does exactly the opposite, plus it has rather negative effects on mood. Late in the afternoon, meals appear to have a positive effect on tasks involving sustained attention or memory. (British Journal of Nutrition. 77 Suppl 1:S105-18, 1997)
Recently, researchers in Johannesburg, South Africa, reported that frequent meals reduced appetite by 27%! This is how they figured it out. One group of healthy overweight men had a big breakfast, then next meal only after 5 hours when they had nothing to eat. Another group ate the same amount of same food but divided in 5 hourly meals. Guess who ate more when after these 5 hours they had an "all you can eat" meal? Yes, the gorgers did. What's more, compared to them, the nibblers had much more favorable insulin and blood glucose profiles. (International Journal of Obesity & Related Metabolic Disorders. 23(11):1151-9, 1999).
These favorable blood readings can explain the fact that more frequent meals can be protective against cardiovascular diseases. For example, in the Department of Vascular Surgery, Charing Cross Hospital, London, doctors investigated how habitual meal frequency influenced atherosclerosis. After they made the necessary adjustment for 120 patients' age, sex, smoking, diabetes, blood pressure, and body mass index, the odds for peripheral arterial disease among those eating between meals (grazing) compared with those who did not, was 1:2. (Journal of Cardiovascular Risk. 6(1):19-22, 1999)
Now, how about weight loss? Scandinavian researchers reported that competitive boxers who tried to lose weight by reducing their calorie intake, lost same amount of body weight, but it was mostly lean body mass loss in those who had their ration in two square meals compared with those who had 6 meals a day. (Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 6(5):265-72, 1996)
To tell you the truth, while dieticians and nutritionists seem to adopt the "nibbling versus gorging" model of daily meal planning, not all doctors agree with it. Many diet reviewers concluded that there's no sufficient long term studies proving the benefits of "nibbling". For example, Nutrition Research Group, University of Surrey, UK, did not confirm that nibbling is beneficial in reducing the concentrations of lipid and hormones on the long run. (European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 50(8):491-7, 1996).
It is interesting, that intake of more than two cups of coffee a day had a protective effect against cancer (Nutrition & Cancer. 30(3):182-5, 1998) thus providing a simple measure to counterpart the negative effect while keeping the possible benefits of frequent meals.
The benefits of carbohydrate control by reducing portion and increasing frequencies of meals.
# Lower total cholesterol levels in clinical experiments
# Lower total cholesterol levels in population studies
# Cholesterol synthesis was reduced
# Low-density lipoprotein (ldl) cholesterol ("bad" cholesterol) reduction
# Lower levels of apolipoprotein b ("very bad" stuff)
# Reduced insulin secretion
# The lower insulin levels
# Depressed glucose levels
# Increased bile acid secretion
# Suppressed free fatty acids levels
# Reduced serum uric acid levels (risk factor for coronary heart disease)
# Increased urinary uric acid excretion
# Reduced adipose tissue enzyme levels
# Reduced fluctuations in satiety
Sources
Bertelsen J, Christiansen C, Thomsen C et al. (1993) Effect of meal frequency on blood glucose, insulin, and free fatty acids in NIDDM subjects. Diabetes Care 16:3-7.
Jenkins DJA, Wolever TMS, Taylor RH et al. (1980) Rate of digestion of foods and post-prandial glycaemia in normal and diabetic subjects. British Medical Journal 2:14-17.
Jenkins DJA, Wolever TMS, Ocana AM, Vuksan V, Cunanne SC and Jenkins MJA (1990) Metabolic effects of reducing rate of glucose ingestion by single bolus versus continuous sipping. Diabetes 39:775-781.
Jones PJH, Leitch CA and Pederson RA (1993) Meal frequency effects of plasma hormone concentrations and cholesterol synthesis in humans. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 57:868-874.
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The perfect diet for my occasional all-day, half the night bout of binge drinking followed by a cheeseburger and fries.
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Adam wouldn't common sense tell you that that body can only process a certain amount of calories at a given time before turning the rest into waste matter?
so with that said wouldn't it be make sense to spead out your calories to make more effiecient use of it?
if you consume 2,000 in one sitting how much of that is the body able to actually use?
as compared to 4 meals of 500 cals
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don't worry Princess L, once he searches google and finds some text to copy and paste he will respond to you
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Adam wouldn't common sense tell you that that body can only process a certain amount of calories at a given time before turning the rest into waste matter?
so with that said wouldn't it be make sense to spead out your calories to make more effiecient use of it?
if you consume 2,000 in one sitting how much of that is the body able to actually use?
as compared to 4 meals of 500 cals
That rate is not yet known and moreover, largely dependent upon need.
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I do not count meals per se`.
Usually I have 2 times that I eat.
My first time eating is around 300-600 calories or so. Lately, I have been eating gazpacho for these calories.
My final time eating around 1100-1300 calories. This is usually a recipe from a Food Network Chef, whatever I want, and ALWAYS 2-3 glasses of Red Wine.
For instance yesterday I had 2 bowls of Gazpacho,
Then before I went to bed, I had Bobby Flay`s Macaroni and Cheese Carbonara which contains Whole Milk, and 5 Different kinds of cheeses. With this recipe, he beat the most recognized Macaroni and cheese chef in America. This is THE BEST you can get.
With that, I also had a slice of Paula Deen`s, Better than Sex Cake. Very good!!! I drank my 3 glasses of wine with this meal.
uber gay food choices....
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I still haven't made up my mind on whether to take TA seriously or not ???
If he's really just here to stir everyone up and piss you guys off..............then he's an artist!! ;D
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I don't understand all of the mystic ideals on eating. If you are consuming nutrients at one one meal and one meal only, guess what happens? Your body speeds up the rate of utilization of nutrients. After a certain point, your body goes on cycle and knows it is not getting fed for 24 hours, and it simply becomes more efficient at absorption through digestion.
If a person ate a shitload of protein 6 times a day, the body is not nearly as efficient as it woulb be if you ate that protein once. I am not saying that you should eat like this, but it does not go more in more absorbed. Consuming exess amounts of anything is either wasted or turned to fat. A body that has it's carb/pro/fat needs meant will not use 1/1 millionth more than it needs.
But by all means, continue eating 6 meals and 3-500 grams of protein.
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I don't understand all of the mystic ideals on eating. If you are consuming nutrients at one one meal and one meal only, guess what happens? Your body speeds up the rate of utilization of nutrients. After a certain point, your body goes on cycle and knows it is not getting fed for 24 hours, and it simply becomes more efficient at absorption through digestion.
If a person ate a shitload of protein 6 times a day, the body is not nearly as efficient as it woulb be if you ate that protein once. I am not saying that you should eat like this, but it does not go more in more absorbed. Consuming exess amounts of anything is either wasted or turned to fat. A body that has it's carb/pro/fat needs meant will not use 1/1 millionth more than it needs.
But by all means, continue eating 6 meals and 3-500 grams of protein.
Thanks, I will, considering the first two years of working out I ate 2-3 times per day max and saw little results in way of muscle mass gain, only moderate (newbie) strength gains. But when I switched to eating 4-5 meals at roughly 40-60 grms of protein per meal I saw exponentially more strength, muscle, etc....WITH A PROGRESSIVE DECREASE IN BODYFAT % to this day!! Yes I am natural and have been BB for 12 years this June. Hows that for effieciency? ;)
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I do not count meals per se`.
Usually I have 2 times that I eat.
My first time eating is around 300-600 calories or so. Lately, I have been eating gazpacho for these calories.
My final time eating around 1100-1300 calories. This is usually a recipe from a Food Network Chef, whatever I want, and ALWAYS 2-3 glasses of Red Wine.
For instance yesterday I had 2 bowls of Gazpacho,
Then before I went to bed, I had Bobby Flay`s Macaroni and Cheese Carbonara which contains Whole Milk, and 5 Different kinds of cheeses. With this recipe, he beat the most recognized Macaroni and cheese chef in America. This is THE BEST you can get.
With that, I also had a slice of Paula Deen`s, Better than Sex Cake. Very good!!! I drank my 3 glasses of wine with this meal.
What happened to your preference for Oreos, Krispy Kremes, Ben & Jerrys and McDonald's Cheeseburgers?
-Hedge
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Adonis, thanks for the post and I am glad you a posting studies that use human clinical data to prove a theory rather than animals. But this quote from these esteemed scientists is really too preposterous to let slide.
A diet with less meal frequency can improve the health and extend the lifespan of laboratory animals, but its effect on humans has never been tested.
hahahaha Oh brother what amazing science, My God how did they do it? ::). I wonder how much of our tax dollars were spent overfeeding laboratory animals. Of course a caged animal with barely enough room to move about, never getting out, isolated from any contact is going to benefit from one meal a day rather than frequent meals. They cant move, they cant exercise, some aren't even given enough room to stretch their legs. Using that as a basis for a human study? what bullshit government fraud. This is where your tax dollars are going people.
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I still haven't made up my mind on whether to take TA seriously or not ???
If he's really just here to stir everyone up and piss you guys off..............then he's an artist!! ;D
Maybe i'm the only one he doesn't get to, i just ignore him because all this one meal a day nonsense is utter bullshit.
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Never read just the abstracts. There are a lot of reasons to take this with a grain of salt. The total sample size was 15, with 6 dropouts (5/6 droputs were from the one meal group). The sample itself was said to be homogenous (no fatties, probably no bodybuilders).
But my main issue with this is the following: Typically, the 6-meals a day or whatever diet is reccomended to avoid overfeeding on certain meals (i.e. dinner). This particular research did not allow that. The one-meal a day diet had an average energy intake of 2364kcal, the 3-meal had an average energy intake of 2429kcal; the authors state "It is interesting that body weight and body fat decreased in the 1 meal/d diet, which may be partially explained by a slight deficit of 65 kcal in daily energy intake. This change in body composition may also be influenced by the effect that eating patterns could have on metabolic activity."
Another problem is the high dropout rate for the one-meal group:
"Complete data were analyzed and are presented for 15 subjects. In the 3 meal/d diet arm, 1 subject withdrew because of food dislikes. During the 1 meal/d diet, 5 subjects withdrew because of scheduling conflicts and health problems unrelated to the study. Only 1 of the 5 subjects withdrew specifically becauseof an unwillingness to consume the 1 meal/d diet."
That sounds fishy to me. What are the odds that 5 people have scheduling conflicts with eating one meal a day and none of those that had to show up 3x a day had scheduling conflicts? IMO, it sounds like a lot of the one-mealers quit for reasons other than scheduling conflicts. Maybe they were gaining weight and knew it and said "fuck this."
I wouldn't rule this whole thing out, but the really small sample size and the homogeneity really work against taking this too seriously. They'll probably try to replicate it again with a larger sample, but this one had a very high dropout rate. But take a look at the number of authors listed on this article...there's about as many authors as there are study participants! Who wants tenure?
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don't worry Princess L, once he searches google and finds some text to copy and paste he will respond to you
LOL
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What happened to your preference for Oreos, Krispy Kremes, Ben & Jerrys and McDonald's Cheeseburgers?
-Hedge
How about the McDonald's diet he was supposed to do?
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Epic starting a threading with copy/paste, getting owned and then abandoning thread
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your constant posting of these pics are tiresome and unfunny
Bullshit !! This stuff never gets old !!!! Keep them coming guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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