Should we be eating three meals a day?

Re:Should we be eating three meals a day? by shafyy on Monday April 18, 2022 @05:03AM (#31068676)

Nutrition is such a difficult field to research and study. Not only are the mechanisms very complex and poorly understood, they also differ from person to person.

But, there are a few things we know: It's more important what you eat than how / how much you eat. A home-cooked, balanced plant-based diet is probably the best "life hack" you can do (if you have the time to do it, of course).

Given this, I'm a strong propononet of "listen to your body": Just eat when you feel hungry, as long as you eat healthy things (see above).

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Re:Should we be eating three meals a day? by nimbleal on Monday April 18, 2022 @05:12AM (#31068723)

I’m pretty sure we don’t know that. A 400lb person will probably be healthier a year from now if they eat 1500 calories of MacDonald’s a day vs. 4000 cals of “home-cooked plant-based foods”.

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Re:Should we be eating three meals a day? by pigeonhole123 on Monday April 18, 2022 @05:19AM (#31068764)

Veganism is also a relatively new trend, the concept apparently didn’t exist until the 60s. I’m sure Beyond Meat etc would love for this to be “common sense” though

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Re:Should we be eating three meals a day? by jseban on Monday April 18, 2022 @05:28AM (#31068802)

Yeah plant based diets makes it even more complex and less understood, and they have many obvious big downsides that are not really addressed.

Plant based diets are "good" if you are having issues with overeating/overweight and/or a diet lacking vegetables. I guess that's a lot of people, but definitely not everyone.

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Re:Should we be eating three meals a day? by lasfallas on Monday April 18, 2022 @04:40PM (#31076220)

More complex? Less understood? Many obvious big downsides not really addressed? You have no idea what you're talking about obviously, just spreading fud.

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Re:Should we be eating three meals a day? by shafyy on Monday April 18, 2022 @06:23AM (#31069069)

I think it's clear that even though beyond meat is plant-based, it's not healthy. Note that I said balanced plant-based diet.

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Re:Should we be eating three meals a day? by mjburgess on Monday April 18, 2022 @05:21AM (#31068772)

Somewhat ironically close to my present diet: one fatty meal a day, c. 6pm of c. 1,300 cals -- and a snack c. 9pm of c. 200 cals.

I switched to this because my usual post-winter diet wasn't effective, and this is.

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Re:Should we be eating three meals a day? by shafyy on Monday April 18, 2022 @06:22AM (#31069059)

Ok yes there is nunance in everything. But I said a balanced plant-based diet. The balanced is key. In my book, if you eat 4000 cals a day of plant-based meal, either you have a huge stomach volume or you're not eating balanced.

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