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Title: Do we need 3 meals a day ?
Post by: azhdar on Wed, 10 December 2014, 04:15:02
It seems that the mornings I don't breakfast , I don't feel hungry in the middle of the morning .
While the morning I do , I feel hungry at like 11AM .

Also I'm the week-end I wake up late , and end up eating 2 meals only since I don't breakfast and it feels just ok .

http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/06/22/scientists-discover-that-fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regeneration-fights-cancer/
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I also read an article pretty similar to this , which explained that 3 meals a day is just a mordern luxury , and how diabetes and such food related diseases are just a result of our morden life style .

What you think ?
Title: Re: Do we need 3 meals a day ?
Post by: Novus on Wed, 10 December 2014, 04:17:05
I skip dinner if I have a heavy lunch.

Personally I don't think it's the number of meals you eat but rather just that modern food tends to be unhealthier and processed.
People are too busy to eat right, etc.
Title: Re: Do we need 3 meals a day ?
Post by: noisyturtle on Wed, 10 December 2014, 04:32:56
Hell, I usually eat 4 meals and 2-3 snacks throughout the day. I couldn't imagine getting through the day on 2 meals or less, I'd be like a coma patient all day  :confused:
Title: Re: Do we need 3 meals a day ?
Post by: iri on Wed, 10 December 2014, 06:00:26
I eat 4-5 times a day and never skip breakfast and feel guuuuuud.
Title: Re: Do we need 3 meals a day ?
Post by: mauri on Wed, 10 December 2014, 06:31:32
I eat when I'm hungry.
Title: Re: Do we need 3 meals a day ?
Post by: katushkin on Wed, 10 December 2014, 07:02:17
Sometimes when I'm working nights and my body clock is ****ed I will skip a meal.

Provided you get about 2500 calories a day (depending on how strenuous your day is etc), regardless of how many meals you have (and provided it's healthy blah blah blah) you should be ok.
Title: Re: Do we need 3 meals a day ?
Post by: azhdar on Wed, 10 December 2014, 07:20:41
Sometimes when I'm working nights and my body clock is ****ed I will skip a meal.

Provided you get about 2500 calories a day (depending on how strenuous your day is etc), regardless of how many meals you have (and provided it's healthy blah blah blah) you should be ok.
It might be something like that , my days aren't physically exhausting , so my meals are probably enough .

I think I might be hungry in the morning because my breakfasts are light (milk + toast/cereals) .
For those who breakfast , do you eat a thick breakfast ? Like bacon and eggs seems pretty common in USA ?
Title: Re: Do we need 3 meals a day ?
Post by: katushkin on Wed, 10 December 2014, 07:25:55
Sometimes when I'm working nights and my body clock is ****ed I will skip a meal.

Provided you get about 2500 calories a day (depending on how strenuous your day is etc), regardless of how many meals you have (and provided it's healthy blah blah blah) you should be ok.
It might be something like that , my days aren't physically exhausting , so my meals are probably enough .

I think I might be hungry in the morning because my breakfasts are light (milk + toast/cereals) .
For those who breakfast , do you eat a thick breakfast ? Like bacon and eggs seems pretty common in USA ?

The thing is, that 2500 calories is the MINIMUM for a man to function day to day with no strenuous activities at all. If you do any exercise or heavy lifting at work, you need to start upping that amount.
Title: Re: Do we need 3 meals a day ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 10 December 2014, 07:28:18
Sometimes when I'm working nights and my body clock is ****ed I will skip a meal.

Provided you get about 2500 calories a day (depending on how strenuous your day is etc), regardless of how many meals you have (and provided it's healthy blah blah blah) you should be ok.
It might be something like that , my days aren't physically exhausting , so my meals are probably enough .

I think I might be hungry in the morning because my breakfasts are light (milk + toast/cereals) .
For those who breakfast , do you eat a thick breakfast ? Like bacon and eggs seems pretty common in USA ?

The thing is, that 2500 calories is the MINIMUM for a man to function day to day with no strenuous activities at all. If you do any exercise or heavy lifting at work, you need to start upping that amount.

I've done serious calorie counting for an entire year when I was younger..

I never got anywhere near 2500 calories..  without feeling uncomfortably overcharged..


it's a warm feeling, like you're always on the verge of sweating... but you're not really doing anything...


1700 on days I don't work out.. and 2000 on days I do ...
Title: Re: Do we need 3 meals a day ?
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 10 December 2014, 16:48:15
Most days I don't breakfast or lunch.

I do dinner though.

And I drink a lot of non-alcoholic fluids during the day.
Title: Re: Do we need 3 meals a day ?
Post by: tp4tissue on Wed, 10 December 2014, 16:53:18
Most days I don't breakfast or lunch.

I do dinner though.

And I drink a lot of non-alcoholic fluids during the day.

ur dying..  I'll pray for u .. (http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/silence-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862519)
Title: Re: Do we need 3 meals a day ?
Post by: minh278 on Wed, 10 December 2014, 18:15:34
I usually eat brunch and then a dinner, so that makes it two meals a day for me.