Eat often to kick up that metabolism, right???

dbmata
dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Before commenting, at least read the abstract here:

http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0038632


Welcome back!

So, while I know many people love to talk about how eating often kick starts or speeds up your metabolism, what research out there actually shows it? The results of this article actually jive with what I've found on my own.

How about for others?

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  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    Straight from the authors:
    "No differences between the frequency diets were observed on fat and carbohydrate oxidation."

    That means no net metabolic difference.

    IE, another bit of evidence that meal timing/frequency don't matter.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Eat often if you want to...if it helps you adhere to your plan. Otherwise, meal timing is irrelevant.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Straight from the authors:
    "No differences between the frequency diets were observed on fat and carbohydrate oxidation."

    That means no net metabolic difference.

    IE, another bit of evidence that meal timing/frequency don't matter.

    On top of that, they also showed that the low frequency feeding diet resulted in higher feelings of satiety, and better blood sugar levels. Hmmm, interesting, no?
  • NaturalinCO
    NaturalinCO Posts: 164 Member
    I've seen no evidence and for me personally, it just made me THINK about food constantly because I had to be ready every 2 hours with something to eat. That drove me nuts. Now I eat 3 squares and snacks only IF I'm hungry. Eating when I'm hungry just seems far more natural. I haven't gained anything, haven't lost a lot either, but it's been about 2 weeks now.
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    I'm just gonna throw this out there. www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/529002-a-compliation-on-meal-frequency
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,273 Member
    Though, protein oxidation and RMR (in this case SMR + DIT) were significantly increased in the LFr diet compared with the HFr diet. The LFr diet increased satiety and reduced hunger ratings compared with the HFr diet during the day.

    Three squares it is! (for: Twelve (BMI:21.6±0.6 kg/m2) healthy male subjects stayed after 3 days of food intake and physical activity standardization 2×36 hours in a respiration chamber to measure substrate partitioning)
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    I've seen no evidence and for me personally, it just made me THINK about food constantly because I had to be ready every 2 hours with something to eat. That drove me nuts. Now I eat 3 squares and snacks only IF I'm hungry. Eating when I'm hungry just seems far more natural. I haven't gained anything, haven't lost a lot either, but it's been about 2 weeks now.

    Yeah, I recently went to a nutritionist who is touting this high frequency line, and while I prefer low frequency, and have had results, I'd like to increase my results. Now, I'll be honest, I'm constantly thinking about food now, I want cookies, I want beer, and I'm definitely not trying to do that, so I figured I'd start looking at some research on it. I'm not finding anything legit that's supporting high frequency.

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