tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161145992070861069.post8497860864099577222..comments2024-02-25T07:11:38.732-05:00Comments on Small Bites: You Ask, I Answer: TryptophanAndy Bellattihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994079922078627050noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161145992070861069.post-45098934056710083452008-12-17T19:09:00.000-05:002008-12-17T19:09:00.000-05:00Lizzy- It is actually better for you to eat small ...Lizzy- It is actually better for you to eat small meals throughout the day. A study conducted at St. Michael's Hospital in Ontario, Canada looked at the small meal vs 2-3 meals a day and found that the small meal people had lower LDL, better insulin and glucose stability as well as stable fat and carb oxidation levels- which is indicative of weight gain. Also as we age the ability for us to regulate glucose and insulin response decreases. A study from (see link) shows that older women have a harder time with moderately large meals than that of small ones. <BR/><BR/>The benefit for the 2-3 meals is time. It's easier simple as that.<BR/><BR/>The benefit to the small is what was listed above and more efficient absorption of nutrients. <BR/><BR/>The cost of the 2-3 meals what was listed above. <BR/><BR/>It's also been shown that calorie restricted diets that use a small fast of 36hrs can drastically improve health as well. It seems to boost the immune system, and keeps apoptosis cycles running smooth (good for making sure cancer cells don't get too comfortable)<BR/><BR/>Links<BR/>Study on small meals in healthy women<BR/>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18314561?ordinalpos=13&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum <BR/><BR/>Study on Calorie restricted diet<BR/>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19075044?ordinalpos=5&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSumphippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10376453594747338532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1161145992070861069.post-73903279364367789272008-12-15T01:44:00.000-05:002008-12-15T01:44:00.000-05:00Regarding the "small meals throughout the day" rec...Regarding the "small meals throughout the day" recommendation, I've continually been under the notion that this was unhealthy because it requires the digestive system to be working almost continually. When one food is eaten and then something else is eaten two or three hours later, from what I'd heard, the stomach basically has to begin digestion all over again even if the first food is still in it.<BR/><BR/>While nibbling is fairly certainly better than gorging, from what I had understood a system of 2-3 sufficiently-spaced, moderately-sized meals would be the ideal.<BR/><BR/>What are the costs and benefits of these two eating patterns?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com