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Re:Old Wisdom on Daily Meal Frequency by nradov on Sunday March 05, 2023 @12:57PM (#35032102)
Much of the old "wisdom" now appears to be wrong based on recent research into protein metabolism. In order to optimize training adaptations and recovery, you need to space your protein intake out in multiple meals per day. This includes breakfast.

https://peterattiamd.com/donlayman/

Re:Old Wisdom on Daily Meal Frequency by claytongulick on Sunday March 05, 2023 @01:29PM (#35032449)
There's a ton of conflicting research in this space, and it's by no means a "settled" issue.

Other studies have shown increased testosterone and muscle growth in men from intermittent fasting.

Intuitively, though I think the IF approach makes more sense.

We evolved to be in a sort of consistent cycle of massively reduced calories with short periods of calorie and protein bursts (from a successful hunt).

The "eat all the time" thing is pretty new to us, historically speaking, and we're poorly adapted to it (see obesity rates).

I know a lot of bodybuilders (I'm a gym rat) who do the constant eating thing to help them get bigger, but those guys are also using various hormone hacks in conjunction with their training/diet, or they tend to have a pretty high body fat percentage.