If humans can go weeks without eating, why do we eat 3 times a day?
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We dont need to eat three times a day. Some people do 2mad, two meals a day, some do omad, one meal. And some do alternate day eating.
Eating 1 meal a day at dinner time is the best EVER. No more ups and downs all day every day. Then you can pig out at night and it makes food much more enjoyable and tasty. It’s also really healthy because your body does a lot of amazing things when you’re intermittent fasting every day.
Try it out, and if you’re used to eating 3 times a day, just eat lunch and dinner every day instead of breakfast for a while. Then only have a snack for lunch and a full dinner.
I’ve eaten 1-2x daily for the past 10 years and man I feel so much better. I feel like crap all day and am sluggish after every meal when ineat 3x daily
“tradition”. My grandma was obsessed with the idea that you’d die if you didn’t eat 3 meals a day.
Personally I only eat once a day and I’m not dead, guess she was wrong.
Relevant article that explains the cultural history of the three meals:
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20243692
Interestingly, eating fewer meals (fasting) is actually beneficial for health and promotes longevity. Firstly, it reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, since constantly eating messes with our insulin and fat storage. Secondly, it triggers the body’s autophagy mechanism which may reduce cancer risks and have various other health benefits:
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/24058-autophagy
More research is still being done on fasting and its benefits but it has already been proven in mice. If you’re interested in how fasting is beneficial and why we SHOULDN’T eat 3 meals a day, check out this interview podcast of Dr David Sinclair who is a professor at the Harvard medical school and the director of Center for biology of aging research:
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