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Why Three Meals a Day Works
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eople who eat one, three or multiple meals a day continue to debate the best
plan. Now, for the first time, two new studies have examined the effects that
skipping meals might have on key health outcomes.
The research involved normal weight, middle-aged adults. Two groups of
volunteers consumed all of their required weight-maintenance calories in either
one meal a day, or in three meals a day. Analysis of initial results showed that
consuming a single meal each day is feasible for the short term; however, so called
one-mealers experienced significant increases in total cholesterol, LDL (bad)
cholesterol and blood pressure, compared with the three-mealers. Further analysis
showed that one-mealers also had higher morning fasting blood sugar levels, as
well as higher and more sustained elevations in blood sugar concentrations and a
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in check. The researchers concluded that the Mom-recommended tradition of eat-
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ing three meals a day is a good thing.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2008.
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Source: University of Chicago Press Journals, 2008.
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