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Optimal Meal Frequency – How Many Meals

Should I Eat?

I’m going to begin this section by stating a few unpopular facts:

• Eating late at night doesn’t make you fat

• Eating breakfast does not “boost” your metabolism

• Eating 6 meals a day does not “stoke your metabolic fire”

• For fat loss, when and how often you eat is irrelevant as long as

your calories are in check.

Now with that being said, let’s discuss frequency and timing. A
“meal’ in this context refers to anything from a snack (protein shake for

example) to a real food meal (protein, veggies, fats and carbs). Any and all
“feeding” sessions that contain calories. The number of meals you will want

to consume is somewhat related to the volume of food you are consuming. I

suggest you eating the number of meals that you are most comfortable with,
as long as the total caloric sum of them all is equal to your daily needs. This

makes things simpler, and that increases the likelihood that you’ll be

successful long-term. That can be carried too far though. Eating 2000
calories in 2 meals isn’t the same as eating them in 3 or 4 meals. If you over

stuff yourself by making your meals fewer and therefor larger, you are more
likely to absorb a smaller percentage of the nutrients in that meal as your

body’s absorption rate will be challenged by its rate of pushing the food
through your system. There are rumors that say breaking up your daily food

into smaller meals helps to “boost” your metabolism and that is just simply

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