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The researchers are an anomalous community. One day they will say something and soon after they will come out with their next survey contradicting the results of previous findings. You will always remain confused as to which survey to trust.
This has recently happened about frequency of eating. Traditionally, human beings in all societies eat three major meals in a day. Some weight-loss- specialists claim that eating 5/6 times a day in smaller quantities is healthier and helpful in maintaining normal weight.
Rajukta Diwekar of Kareena Kapoor’s size zero fame advocates every 2hrly eating. She says that we eat a lot at one time; we should eat multiple times in a day instead of 2to3 times. She also says in delayed eating, the stomach may feel like a neglected child, and when hunger signals become unbearable we finally suffocate the stomach with so much food that we progressively work at overloading it. Eating frequent meals every 2hrs is not just better for our digestive system, but it keeps us from overeating.
Contrary to the theory of eating in parts, a study conducted at Purdue University in Indiana has claimed that having 3 meals is better way to diet than having tiny morsels frequently. The study elaborates that eating three square meals a day may be a better strategy than having several mini meals to shed extra flab. The researchers observed that overweight men, who are on low calories and high protein diets, felt more satisfied and less hungry when they ate three times instead of having small meals 5/6 times a day.
Heather Leidy, the lead researcher of the study, said that early studies on whether eating frequency affects appetite control have had ‘conflicting’ results. These mini meals everyone is talking about don’t seem to be as beneficial as far as appetite control.
The researchers do their job and leave it to the people to experiment on themselves. But results generally differ as human beings are unique in their own way. In fact there cannot be laid down rules for frequency of eating, it all depends on individual needs and preferences.
