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Minimum Meals Daily
An active body needs a constant supply of fuel. We now know that six smaller
meals per day are healthy for most of us. Some smaller individuals can maintain
their healthy weight on five meals per day while some larger or more athletic
individuals may need seven meals.
Eating fewer meals per day can encourage your body to store fat. Take the
Japanese sumo wrestlers for example. They eat two very large meals per day.
This encourages their body to store fuel in the form of fat to use for energy
between meals. You can see the results in the enormous build of the average
sumo wrestler. Don’t let your body think it needs to store fat!
Your active muscles need a steady supply of protein. The maximum amount of
protein your body can absorb in one meal is generally thought to be 35-40
grams. It really depends on a lot of personal factors like lean body mass,
thyroid levels, testosterone, insulin, etc. Once you have determined your
body’s daily protein needs, you can calculate the minimum number of meals you
must eat to maintain a steady supply of protein for your muscles.
Equally important is when you eat. Don’t skip that breakfast. Your muscles have
gone all night waiting for the protein. Your muscles need fuel and water. Also,
add some protein to that last snack of the day. Your muscles will thank you.
“Eating too little or overeating the right or wrong foods in one meal will throw
your energy off for hours later in the day. For example, eating too little for
breakfast may manifest in overeating dinner or dessert. Ant the contrary… a
breakfast binge may mean missing midmeals and abruptly interrupting energy, as
well as physical and mental performance throughout the day.” (Bill Philips in
Eating for Life)
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Eating for Life: Your Guide to Great Health, Fat Loss and Increased Energy! by
Bill Phillips
A new book from Bill Phillips, founder of Experimental and Applied Sciences (EAS),
currently the largest sports-nutrition operation in the United States, and
creator of the wildly successful
Body-for-LIFE body transformation contests. Like Bill Phillips'
Body-for-LIFE, this is a tell-it-like-it-is book. There's no promise of a quick
fix. No metabolic tricks or so-called miracles. Just straightforward, clear,
concise, practical and appropriate principles for eating right for life. Also
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