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Fewer, larger meals key to weight loss?
June 25th, 2013
11:09 AM ET
Fewer, larger meals key to weight loss?
You've probably heard that eating multiple small meals throughout the day is a good way to stave off hunger and keep your metabolism revved up while trying to lose weight. But a new study could change your diet strategy.
Eating two large meals early and skipping dinner may lead to more weight loss than eating six smaller meals throughout the day, research presented at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions conference this week in Chicago suggests.
"Both experimental and human studies strongly support the positive effects of intermittent fasting," lead study author Dr. Hana Kahleova told CNN
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/25/fewer-larger-meals-key-to-weight-loss/?hpt=hp_bn13
New research says it's better to eat larger, fewer meals. Is the "six small meals" doctrine a lie propagated by supplement companies so you can buy their "meal replacement and protein" products?
June 25th, 2013
11:09 AM ET
Fewer, larger meals key to weight loss?
You've probably heard that eating multiple small meals throughout the day is a good way to stave off hunger and keep your metabolism revved up while trying to lose weight. But a new study could change your diet strategy.
Eating two large meals early and skipping dinner may lead to more weight loss than eating six smaller meals throughout the day, research presented at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions conference this week in Chicago suggests.
"Both experimental and human studies strongly support the positive effects of intermittent fasting," lead study author Dr. Hana Kahleova told CNN
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/25/fewer-larger-meals-key-to-weight-loss/?hpt=hp_bn13
New research says it's better to eat larger, fewer meals. Is the "six small meals" doctrine a lie propagated by supplement companies so you can buy their "meal replacement and protein" products?
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Such a basic concept and yet people still try and make these pathetic fad diets to justify their laziness.
- Water
- Fruits
- Green Veg
- Wholemeal Bread/Pasta
- Lean Chicken/Beef
- Salmon/Tuna
- Nuts
The 7 key things that should be a part of everyday diet, that's all you need to know, coupled with regular exercise.
That's a great food list for staying at a healthy weight, but not brilliant for losing weight steadily, except in smaller quantities.
I'm a naturally balanced eater, but for reasons I won't go into here, I had a bad diet and poor exercise regime on and off for two years. Just going back to my healthy diet after my life settled down again didn't result in significant weight loss. Weight loss is much harder than weight gain because our bodies simply aren't naturally geared to it.
I follow the 5:2 diet now and I've had good success with it, where I didn't with just eating a healthy diet daily. If it's working for somebody and isn't dangerous, why knock it? I might also add that the added benefits have been more energy, fewer dieting lapses and skin back to how it was 10 years ago, minus the spots!
Successful weight loss is more about finding the easiest way for everyone to do the same thing - eat less and move more. Fasting 2 days a week and eating normally and exercising on the others is what clicks for me.
Six small meals probably depends on the size of them, but people tell me this 5:2 fasting thing works very well. So do deadlines.
Diet research is also annoying in that they often compare people following rigid diet x to people following the Standard Western Diet. You would struggle to invent a diet that wouldn't look good in comparison to the diet that's making the nation obese. They rarely test fad diets against any common sense diet, so it's usually "eat 1200 calories a day, except for days with a T in them" vs. "shove as many Big Macs, crisp packets and chocolate bars down your throat as you want". Never "eat 1200 calories a day, except for days with a T in them" vs. "over the course of a week eat roughly the number of calories you burn".
It's ridiculous how much time humans spend thinking about eating. No other animal is putting this much thought into how they eat, yet we're the overweight unhealthy ones. I think people really do over think it.
Funnily enough I like the style of 5:2 because I like how it mimcs a realistic diet for a hunter gatherer. Catch a deer, eat it for a couple of days, run out. Try and catch another one - fail, go hungry for a day. Harvest some berries, etc.
You make a very good point about these comparisons though. I'm a fairly 'natural' lifestyle person anyway, as I was raised in the Lake District, running wild during the day and then eating what I fancied.
It worked for me!
Most of the studies would suggest that's the key to Western obesity. Carbohydrate overconsumption is the main reason 70% of people are fat.
Yes but wholegrain products are a lot better than white / refined wheat / rice
and for me
The West eats less in the way of carbs than most of the developing world ( http://chartsbin.com/view/1154 ), where metabolic disease are rare. Poor nations have to build their diets around grains as they're the cheapest and most plentiful food. Although there are many other factors at work, it's unlikely carbs alone are the problem, otherwise you'd expect the developing world to have more metabolic disease.
Quoted for truth.
Yes, but there are factors which affect people's energy intake, their activity level, and their metabolic rate. Hence dieting is not ultra-trivial, and psychological factors need to be considered as well as simple biochemical ones.
Exactly and about the only one that will work for a normal healthy person ( we all know that some people will be larger due to illnesses and medication and may find it difficult to lose weight even without eating crap ) to me the only way to lose weight is to exercise more and eat less crap and make sure what you do eat is good for you, and once you have reached your desired weight then a little bit of what you fancy never does you any harm as long as its in moderation.
http://boldanddetermined.com/2011/11/15/the-old-school-steak-and-eggs-diet-for-fat-loss-balanced-energy-and-increased-testosterone/
I have just started a diet last week 1400 cals a day, thats 3 meals at 450 cals per meal.
Example: 4 ounces fresh cooked chicken with as much salad as you like 2 slices wholemeal bread makes a cracking sandwich.
Next meal 6 ozs white fish, 8 ozs new potatoes as much green stuff as I like.
easy, I will lose 10- 12 pounds per month.
I'd drop pasta out of that, and most fruit, especially fresh fruit juice, which is basically liquid sugar.
Weights are not ideal to burn the fat. Try doing a 10 mile bike ride once every two days. I use this to plan my routes - http://www.walkjogrun.net/
I tried but my arse was so sore from the rubbish roads and I got tired of having to stop, start and worry about getting hit by cars that's why I bought my new exercise bike. Nice to be able to put the headphones on and drift away while peddling.