3 square meals or snacks throughout?

VioletRojo

I eat

breakfast
second breakfast
mid-morning snack
lunch
afternoon snack
pre-workout snack
dinner

This works for me.

wellthenwhat

I like 3 big meals and snacks in between, lol. Realistically, it works best for me to have a snack in the morning, a small meal at noon, a snack in the afternoon, and a larger meal at supper time. Or to have a small meal in the morning, a larger meal at lunch, and a snack at supper time. Depends if I'm eating at my moms or at home. Some days I eat most of my calories at work, and don't eat supper, other days I don't eat much at work and snack non stop once I get home.

earlnabby

dfwesq wrote: »

earlnabby wrote: »

extra_medium wrote: »

Whatever works best for you.

I'm still curious why everyone is so concerned about "spiked" insulin levels, especially when they aren't diabetic.

Especially because you WANT your insulin to rise and go down as your blood glucose rises and goes down. insulin is what removes glucose from the bloodstream

Isn't the concern that we want insulin to rise and fall fairly slowly and steadily? As opposed to, say, the kind of insulin reaction you might get if you drank a big Coke or ate a bunch of glucose tabs?

Neither is a concern. The only problem is if a person does not produce enough insulin to deal with the glucose in the bloodstream

glassyo

I try to eat light during the day and then eat most of my calories at night.

I'll usually eat some turkey jerky in the early afternoon, lunch (which is usually some shredded chicken or a tuna pouch) in the very late afternoon and then all the rest of my food in the couple hours leading up to going to bed.

Edited for vagueness.

VioletRojo

dfwesq wrote: »

Isn't the concern that we want insulin to rise and fall fairly slowly and steadily? As opposed to, say, the kind of insulin reaction you might get if you drank a big Coke or ate a bunch of glucose tabs?

Only if you're diabetic.

earlnabby

VioletRojo wrote: »

dfwesq wrote: »

Isn't the concern that we want insulin to rise and fall fairly slowly and steadily? As opposed to, say, the kind of insulin reaction you might get if you drank a big Coke or ate a bunch of glucose tabs?

Only if you're diabetic.

Even then, unless you are on insulin, the carb total for the day is the important number so a big soda isn't an issue as long as the rest of the day balances it out. Those who need insulin DO need to avoid major spikes.

paperpudding

"My naturopath suggested that because eating anything solid at all (even veggies) spikes insulin levels,"

Well of course it does - so does having anything liquid (other than water) - see example of coke in post above.

Some things - like coke, cream-cakes etc will cause more of insulin spike than others. obviously why diabetics avoid such things.
But they dont avoid veggies.

But all food causes an insulin response - that is how it is meant to work.

Not getting naturopath's point at all here about why this is something to be avoided - and why she thinks solid foods would it more than liquid ones anyway.

amtyrell

Nobody wants to see how obnoxious I am if i skip breakfast. I eat breakfast and then usually lunch and dinner but sometimes heavy snacks or just skip one depending on how day goes.

canadianlbs

Drueru wrote: »

Question: What do you guys do? Do you prefer snacks throughout the day or are any of you used to eating only breakfast, lunch and dinner?

i'm more of a snacker, i guess. i take fairly finite 'meals' with me to work, but in practice it usually takes me most of the day to get through it all.

with me it's just preference though. i don't have nearly enough interest or determination to change my eating patterns just for the sake of some theory.

Alatariel75

paperpudding wrote: »

"My naturopath suggested that because eating anything solid at all (even veggies) spikes insulin levels,"

Well of course it does - so does having anything liquid (other than water) - see example of coke in post above.

Some things - like coke, cream-cakes etc will cause more of insulin spike than others. obviously why diabetics avoid such things.
But they dont avoid veggies.

But all food causes an insulin response - that is how it is meant to work.

Not getting naturopath's point at all here about why this is something to be avoided - and why she thinks solid foods would it more than liquid ones anyway.

Yeah, this.