To eat or not to eat ...

[Turkish Juicer]

I do tend to believe eating 2-3 hours is the most effective and beneficial for a few reasons....#1 - Everytime you put food down your throat you help to speed up your metabolism...Meaning, the more frequent meals the faster metabolism...#2- Protein takes a long time digest and actually down into the beneficial amino acids for your body. By having a constant flow of nutrients in your body you will always have the protein when needed.#3- Every protein has a different time length at which it takes to break down. Eating one meal a day would be horrible because imagine if your one meal a day was after your workout?? You would be soo dead for your workout it wouldn't be funny....And you would up your chances of injury...Some may say otherwise, but from my own trial and error 2-3 hours is typically when I will have a meal..

I believe a lot of people will never truly understand the meaning of meal frequency or macro timing until they are diabetic....To me, the importance of what you eat and when you eat it proves itself when looking at a diabetic....Tell a someone with diabetes food timing of marcos isn't important....They will laugh in your face

1. Food intake has a negligible effect on metabolism. Some foods, including those with caffeine, may slightly and temporarily increase metabolism, but the effect is too small to help you lose weight. What most affects your basal metabolic rate (BMR), the rate at which your body burns calories at rest, is body composition and size. More muscles and bigger bodies generally burn more calories overall.

2. Frequent small meal concept is aimed primarily at diabetics, which is all good considering that frequent small meals could lead to more stable blood sugar and insulin levels. There is no reason to extend this to healthy individuals with normal body weight.

3. The ultimate downside of eating every 2-3 hrs is that you will be keeping insulin active throughout the day and this leads to inhibited burning of fat, if not further development of the current reserves.

4. Not all protein sources take a long time to digest, as a matter of fact. It takes about 45-60 min for a scoop of whey concentrate to enter the blood stream, about 30 min for whey isolate and even a shorter time frame is required for fast acting amino acids such as BCAA, not to mention many people nowadays use complex protein powders that consist of multiple protein sources with different lengths of digestion. Egg white also makes a good example of a quick digesting macro nutrient protein source. As for slow digesting proteins, they are exactly responsible for providing the muscles with a constant, stable flow of amino acids, which is why it is always a good idea to finish the day with a last meal that involves a generous amount of steak. Your muscles will be provided with constant and stable AA flow for up to 12 hrs by doing so.

5. You are right, a lot of people will truely never understand the meaning of meal frequency or macro timing, but not before they turn diabetic, rather before they stop reading the BB magazines of Weider industry. On a last note, I don't see why the majority of lifters with no diabetes would take strict advices from the minority who are diabetic. It is like telling a cup of water to go take a shower.