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Originally Posted by TheNewGirl
Eatting less often will put your body into storing mode and you will actually put on more fat (even if you lose weight). Meal frequency DOES have an effect on your metabolism as your blood sugar gets totally wonky if you only eat once a day. This can impact how your body treats both the fat and sugar you intake.
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Bzzt. Wrong on so many levels.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action...ine&aid=879792
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A detailed review of the possible mechanistic explanations for a metabolic advantage of nibbling meal patterns failed to reveal significant benefits in respect of energy expenditure. Although some short-term studies suggest that the thermic effect of feeding is higher when an isoenergetic test load is divided into multiple small meals, other studies refute this, and most are neutral. More importantly, studies using whole-body calorimetry and doubly-labelled water to assess total 24h energy expenditure find no difference between nibbling and gorging. Finally, with the exception of a single study, there is no evidence that weight loss on hypoenergetic regimens is altered by meal frequency. We conclude that any effects of meal pattern on the regulation of body weight are likely to be mediated through effects on the food intake side of the energy balance equation.
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Your blood sugar does not get "wonky" from fasting or eating one meal a day - it's very good at maintaining a constant blood sugar level (unless you're diabetic or hyperglycemic) so all those people complaining about low blood sugar from not eating all day.. honestly need to learn to harden the fuck up.