Originally posted by: JEDI
5 small meals/day keeps your metabolism up.
how about the standard 3 meals/day (breakfast/lunch/dinner), but every 5-10 min eat a baby carrot/celery stalk/romaine lettuce leaf?
The notion that you somehow significantly boost your metabolism with meal frequency is a myth. The reality is that people simply tend to eat less when they do several small meals per day.Originally posted by: JEDI
5 small meals/day keeps your metabolism up.
Originally posted by: SludgeFactory
The notion that you somehow significantly boost your metabolism with meal frequency is a myth. The reality is that people simply tend to eat less when they do several small meals per day.Originally posted by: JEDI
5 small meals/day keeps your metabolism up.
Continuous eating is probably a behavior pattern that will be difficult to control in the long run, when the lettuce leaf every 5 minutes gradually turns into a couple crackers or cookies. The gorging pattern (1-2 meals per day with an extended fast of many hours every day, aka intermittent fasting) is another that can get out of hand if you aren't disciplined about it and have some structure to what you're doing.
IMO, the bottom line is to figure out what pattern works the best for you, and then stick to it.
Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
When your on a short term cut, to put it simply...you don't give a shit about Basal metabolic rate...all you are about is increasing insulin sensativity...which means spiking it more...
Also it has its benefits on a cut because it causes the stomach and liver to produce enzymes more often that keep you from getting hungry
Trust me I know what you are saying, but for an active person looking to gain muscle or lose fat 6 meals a day is where it is at.![]()
Originally posted by: SludgeFactory
Originally posted by: SVT Cobra
When your on a short term cut, to put it simply...you don't give a shit about Basal metabolic rate...all you are about is increasing insulin sensativity...which means spiking it more...
Also it has its benefits on a cut because it causes the stomach and liver to produce enzymes more often that keep you from getting hungry
Trust me I know what you are saying, but for an active person looking to gain muscle or lose fat 6 meals a day is where it is at.![]()
I don't disagree that 6 meals a day will tend to lower a person's energy intake on a diet, but I don't see the evidence that it significantly changes energy expenditure or boosts metabolic rate, which has become the commonly held belief.
I'm not disputing that it works for the majority of people, I just have an issue with their reasoning for why it works![]()