Meal Timing Study - Opinions?

Graelwyn75

I am curious as to what people make of this study.
Having had success with Intermittent fasting, and eating all my calories after 8pm in the evening, I am sort of wondering what people make of the results of lower serum lipid levels with frequent meals, vs one meal. Has there been an update to this study, or are there confounding factors they did not take into account?

I notice some people do still swear by meal timing being important so I am just genuinely curious to hear from those maybe more educated in this area than I am.

http://www.jissn.com/content/8/1/4

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Graelwyn75

It depends on your goal. For weight loss, it has nothing to do with it, as this research pointed out right at the beginning. For other things, it may or may not.

What other things might it be relevant for ?
Obviously, some find their appetites are better controlled while eating small, regular meals, but others find the same thing with Intermittent fasting. I suppose I would be most interesting in whether any specific timing of meals is useful for retaining lean body mass and keeping fat % low.

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SideSteel

I think you may enjoy this:

http://www.leangains.com/2011/04/critique-of-issn-position-stand-on-meal.html

Wetcoaster

And this......

http://www.jissn.com/content/10/1/5

Graelwyn75

Thanks guys, I shall be busy doing some reading tomorrow! (Too late tonight at gone midnight here).

Charlottesometimes23

Interesting.....

I prefer to eat most of my kjoules in the afternoon and evening and I tend to save them up for after dinner snacks. I have been eating right up until bedtime most nights.

I came across this article the other day. It's only a small and short study (n = 11, 13 days) but it suggests that night time snacking is not such a good thing, particularly for lipid metabolism. When I get the chance I'm going to have a read of the full text. I've always considered that meal timing was pretty much irrelevant but this has encouraged me to to some more research. I have enough trouble keeping a check of my weight now that I'm older. I don't want to make things even more difficult.

Anyway, thought I would post it because it seems relevant to this topic.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23174861

BarackMeLikeAHurricane

Meal timing and number of meals doesn't matter

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11319656

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1905998

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9155494

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15085170

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8399092

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8383639

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21123467

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19943985

55in13

Big study somewhat recent (2012?) was on all the major networks' shows and sites that debunked all timing within the day. IF did get a minor boost in calories burned from something related to hormones, but not enough to really make much difference.

Charlottesometimes23

Big study somewhat recent (2012?) was on all the major networks' shows and sites that debunked all timing within the day. IF did get a minor boost in calories burned from something related to hormones, but not enough to really make much difference.

I will try to find this because I'd really like to read it.

So far I can't find anything terribly convincing either way.

55in13

Big study somewhat recent (2012?) was on all the major networks' shows and sites that debunked all timing within the day. IF did get a minor boost in calories burned from something related to hormones, but not enough to really make much difference.

I will try to find this because I'd really like to read it.

So far I can't find anything terribly convincing either way.

I must be using wrong keywords also. I just read this days ago; I gotta remember which computer I was on and see if it is in history. I am surprised I can't find out, but there is so much info that has similar attributes you have to have that magic set of terms. In the meantime, below are a couple of things I just Googled looking for it.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-06-06/health/sc-health-0606-nibbling-20120606_1_meals-metabolism-studies-show
http://blog.wellnessfx.com/2013/04/11/trailblazing-thursdays-is-snacking-the-answer/

One more with a warning - it is obvious this site is trying to sell you on an alternative but it has pretty good citing of sources.

http://www.theiflife.com/eating-more-meals-does-not-speed-up-your-metabolism/

Charlottesometimes23

Big study somewhat recent (2012?) was on all the major networks' shows and sites that debunked all timing within the day. IF did get a minor boost in calories burned from something related to hormones, but not enough to really make much difference.

I will try to find this because I'd really like to read it.

So far I can't find anything terribly convincing either way.

I must be using wrong keywords also. I just read this days ago; I gotta remember which computer I was on and see if it is in history. I am surprised I can't find out, but there is so much info that has similar attributes you have to have that magic set of terms. In the meantime, below are a couple of things I just Googled looking for it.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-06-06/health/sc-health-0606-nibbling-20120606_1_meals-metabolism-studies-show
http://blog.wellnessfx.com/2013/04/11/trailblazing-thursdays-is-snacking-the-answer/

One more with a warning - it is obvious this site is trying to sell you on an alternative but it has pretty good citing of sources.

http://www.theiflife.com/eating-more-meals-does-not-speed-up-your-metabolism/

Thanks for the links. I'll have a read when I get on to my other computer. I can never seem to copy and paste on my iPad.

55in13

I think it says something that there are so many pages about studies disproving that that it is hard to Google later and find the same one I read earlier, but easy to find dozens more. If you Google for info on studies that back this up you will get very little other than unsupported statements about it.

wild_wild_life

Bump to read later

yarwell

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/81/1/16.full is an RCT (with crossover) of regular 6 meals a day vs irregular 9,3,6 meals a day. Regular was "best" :-

The current study showed the importance of meal pattern in addition to the amount and composition of food in influencing carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. Further studies measuring the above factors and other possible influences are required. The current study also showed lower TEF and higher EI with an irregular meal frequency. This indicates a potential mechanism by which an irregular meal pattern might affect EE and EI, which could lead to weight gain in the longer term. In addition, the irregular meal pattern had potentially deleterious effects on insulin sensitivity and plasma cholesterol, which are known risk factors of CVD.

55in13

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/81/1/16.full is an RCT (with crossover) of regular 6 meals a day vs irregular 9,3,6 meals a day. Regular was "best" :-

The current study showed the importance of meal pattern in addition to the amount and composition of food in influencing carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. Further studies measuring the above factors and other possible influences are required. The current study also showed lower TEF and higher EI with an irregular meal frequency. This indicates a potential mechanism by which an irregular meal pattern might affect EE and EI, which could lead to weight gain in the longer term. In addition, the irregular meal pattern had potentially deleterious effects on insulin sensitivity and plasma cholesterol, which are known risk factors of CVD.

The top two points under the Results heading in this article:

There were no differences between the preintervention and postintervention body weights under either meal pattern (ANOVA). There were also no significant differences between preintervention and postintervention anthropometric measurements or body-fat composition under either meal pattern period

That is what most of us really care about and the study found no difference. If the blood chemistry differences affect you because of your specific health concerns, then you may prefer one method or the other.