Are there ANY benefits to eating once a day?

[Times Roman]

nutrient timing, in large part, is a myth...........

if I were to eat 6 apples and I had the following three options:

1) Eat them all at once
2) Eat them, one an hour, til they were gone

at the end of the day, I would find that there was no metabolic benefit to either. You do not burn additional calories by splitting out your meals into smaller meals. For me, I eat the smaller meals frequently, because I want to avoid the big "lump" in my gut from having eating three pounds of food all at once.

[tango02]

nutrient timing, in large part, is a myth...........

if I were to eat 6 apples and I had the following three options:

1) Eat them all at once
2) Eat them, one an hour, til they were gone

at the end of the day, I would find that there was no metabolic benefit to either. You do not burn additional calories by splitting out your meals into smaller meals. For me, I eat the smaller meals frequently, because I want to avoid the big "lump" in my gut from having eating three pounds of food all at once.

You lost me at 2 Roman....sorry im slow!!

[thisAngelBites]

nutrient timing, in large part, is a myth...........

if I were to eat 6 apples and I had the following three options:

1) Eat them all at once
2) Eat them, one an hour, til they were gone

at the end of the day, I would find that there was no metabolic benefit to either. You do not burn additional calories by splitting out your meals into smaller meals. For me, I eat the smaller meals frequently, because I want to avoid the big "lump" in my gut from having eating three pounds of food all at once.

You still get the same number of calories, I agree, but there might be other factors at play.

Fasting (even for 20-24 hours) tends to promote GH release. It also tends to decrease insulin resistance and decrease insulin secretion. This often leads to decreased blood pressure, decreased triglycerides and decreased (pro inflammatory) cytokines.

All of this is the opposite of metabolic syndrome, which causes obesity.

On the other hand, if the intermittent faster were already very insulin sensitive, and in excellent shape, I wouldn't expect it to improve things much.

[Docd187123]

You still get the same number of calories, I agree, but there might be other factors at play.

Fasting (even for 20-24 hours) tends to promote GH release. It also tends to decrease insulin resistance and decrease insulin secretion. This often leads to decreased blood pressure, decreased triglycerides and decreased (pro inflammatory) cytokines.

All of this is the opposite of metabolic syndrome, which causes obesity.

On the other hand, if the intermittent faster were already very insulin sensitive, and in excellent shape, I wouldn't expect it to improve things much.

I'm pretty sure the GH release from fasting is not clinically significant. Until you begin to fast for upwards of 72hrs. Don't quote me on that yet as I'd need to check the reference where I saw it but this is essentially the same claim Martin from LeanGains makes a it fasting and GH. I happened to glance at a few of his references and IMO it seemed like the claim was a bit exaggerated.

I do agree about the insulin part though. Been researching this for my sister as she's diabetic and it seems like many other diabetics have been having success with IF style dieting and needing less insulin.

[thisAngelBites]

I think this is where I read the blurb that stuck with me, but as to where you can see the data from that presentation, beats me. So who knows.

Routine periodic fasting is good for your health, and your heart, study suggests -- ScienceDaily

[thisAngelBites]

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I do agree about the insulin part though. Been researching this for my sister as she's diabetic and it seems like many other diabetics have been having success with IF style dieting and needing less insulin.

Is she type 1 or 2? Go check out Dr Bernstein at Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. A Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars. Official Web Site - he's a type 1, and is very serious about proper blood glucose levels. He aims towards normal bg for diabetic, not the US inflated bg values, where they think it's a good idea to feed diabetics lots of carbs. But then his patients live a lot longer than most diabetics do. He's a real pioneer, and eventually mainstream diabetes care will get there, but like most things in medicine, it will take 20 years or so for the knowledge to filter into most clinical practice.

[SEOINAGE]

I've done alternate day fasting and had good success. I don't do it for longer than a couple weeks at a time, but surprisingly I can do really well with it, cardio on fast days, lifting at the end of eating days. So end up fasting about 36 hours. As to getting enough calories in one sitting for growth, I believe I could do it, but it would be easier if I ate that whole evening. You'd be surprised though how long some food sits in your digestive tract.

[Docd187123]

Is she type 1 or 2? Go check out Dr Bernstein at Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. A Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars. Official Web Site - he's a type 1, and is very serious about proper blood glucose levels. He aims towards normal bg for diabetic, not the US inflated bg values, where they think it's a good idea to feed diabetics lots of carbs. But then his patients live a lot longer than most diabetics do. He's a real pioneer, and eventually mainstream diabetes care will get there, but like most things in medicine, it will take 20 years or so for the knowledge to filter into most clinical practice.

She is type 1. Thank you so much for the link. I will be checking it out for sure