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Originally Posted by ragingclue

Sweet, do so please.

Also, please inform Arnold, so he can come out with a more accurate Encyclopedia. It could be the New New Encyclopedia. GD I love that book. Speaking of which, today was my first day back in the gym in 1.5 years. Back is all healed up and ready to go....

Fuck, it hurts.

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/ma...ticlekey=56254

In a recent American Journal of Clinical Nutrition editorial, a team of nutrition researchers concluded that whether you are practicing the "three" or "six" meal daily dietary pattern, weight loss ultimately comes down to "how much energy (or calories) is consumed as opposed to how often or how regularly one eats."

So given the tried-and-true equation for weight maintenance: Calories "in" = Calories "out," what this really boils down to is whether eating five or six small meals a day truly helps us to:

Burn more total calories at the end of the day
Eat fewer total calories at the end of the day

As far as increasing the calories we burn, "The only thing that has been consistently shown to increase BMR is exercise," says Vicki Sullivan, PhD, RD, LD, national lecturer and president of Balance, LLC. Sullivan agrees that eating every three hours would certainly help some people control appetite and feel more energized, but she also believes that everyone is different. "I have clients who find that they gain weight when they eat more frequently, or some simply cannot eat every three hours due to job constraints."

Also, this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/he...pagewanted=all

quoting this:


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16526835

Both groups lost significant and equivalent amounts of weight. There was no difference between them in fat loss, appetite control or measurements of hormones that signal hunger and satiety. Other studies have had similar results.

So I guess I was wrong, in terms of satiety, it doesn't matter, however some articles I've read on the subject written by medical professionals and scientists seem to indicate that the three meal plan has a couple of advantages:

1. Less chances to overeat.
2. Larger meals are more "filling".


The study quote above though basically says that as far as appetite goes it doesn't matter, and I suspect it would come down to individual preference.