Is this right?

NinjaK

If you do not eat every 2 to 3 hours, your body will trigger starvation mode, which is a very dangerous situation for those trying to build muscle because when your body enters starvation mode, it starts storing fat and using up your muscle for energy, which means all your hard work and effort would go in vain if you missed a meal in between. This is a very important key when it comes to the eating side of building muscle.

Taken from this site http://www.articlesbase.com/muscle-building-articles/what-and-how-to-eat-to-build-muscle-453627.html

I usually have my breakfast around 11, lunch around 2 and dinner around 6. Not enough according to the article. Also I would have thought the body uses fat first before muscle for energy?!

ConorBGF95

No, starvation mode is a myth.

Hanley

No. Ridiculous concept and one I foolishly believed for a long time.

jc2008

Am I right in saying, that in terms of weight loss...

Option 1: 3 meals @ 800kcal each = 2400kcal
Option 2: 6 meals @ 400kcal each = 2400kcal

That both of these options are effectively equivalent, and that the timing of meals is irrelevant? That's probably a simplified view though!

Hanley

jc2008 wrote: »

Am I right in saying, that in terms of weight loss...

Option 1: 3 meals @ 800kcal each = 2400kcal
Option 2: 6 meals @ 400kcal each = 2400kcal

That both of these options are effectively equivalent, and that the timing of meals is irrelevant? That's probably a simplified view though!

By and large. The main benefit of multiple small meals is that you're less likely to get hungry and binge.

J-Fit

Hanley wrote: »

By and large. The main benefit of multiple small meals is that you're less likely to get hungry and binge.

I used to believe that hocus pocus too, in the days before I discovered actual scientific research. It's funny, it was only today I was shouting at my car radio on which a nutritionist, who was talking on the Tom Dunne show, was extolling the metabolic benefits of several small meals per day, to a caller who had been diagnosed with a slow metabolism.

I couldn't quite believe my ears that this stuff is still coming out of the mouths of professionals. Semi-related to another thread on here, Tom Dunne then piped up with a "those high fat protein shakes couldn't be good for you" comment.

I was tearing what's left of my hair out at that stage......

Hanley

J-Fit wrote: »

I used to believe that hocus pocus too, in the days before I discovered actual scientific research. It's funny, it was only today I was shouting at my car radio on which a nutritionist, who was talking on the Tom Dunne show, was extolling the metabolic benefits of several small meals per day, to a caller who had been diagnosed with a slow metabolism.

I couldn't quite believe my ears that this stuff is still coming out of the mouths of professionals. Semi-related to another thread on here, Tom Dunne then piped up with a "those high fat protein shakes couldn't be good for you" comment.

I was tearing what's left of my hair out at that stage......

I only engage in debate with people with the same opinion as me for that reason.

Orando Broom

Hanley wrote: »

I only engage in debate with people with the same opinion as me for that reason.

Intellectually you're on solid ground but it will be a small wedding!

Hanley

Orando Broom wrote: »

Intellectually you're on solid ground but it will be a small wedding!

I can easily argue with myself, it'd sure be eventful!!

Transform

J-Fit wrote: »

I used to believe that hocus pocus too, in the days before I discovered actual scientific research. It's funny, it was only today I was shouting at my car radio on which a nutritionist, who was talking on the Tom Dunne show, was extolling the metabolic benefits of several small meals per day, to a caller who had been diagnosed with a slow metabolism.

I couldn't quite believe my ears that this stuff is still coming out of the mouths of professionals. Semi-related to another thread on here, Tom Dunne then piped up with a "those high fat protein shakes couldn't be good for you" comment.

I was tearing what's left of my hair out at that stage......

God that one is a total tool!

Heard her say that eating Lots of potatoes was not the problem it was the butter people were putting on them

SteelyDanJalapeno

Transform wrote: »

God that one is a total tool!

Heard her say that eating Lots of potatoes was not the problem it was the butter people were putting on them

some stuff people will never understand.

I have to laugh every morning, I have breakfast with a girl who's "watching her figure" she has a cup of tea and a big fruit scone, with Flora butter.....

She still cant comprehend that a scone could be bad for you, but oh jesus stay away from the real butter

J-Fit

I throw the butter inside myself. Eggs is another one I find myself having to argue the benefits of.

J-Fit

Transform wrote: »

God that one is a total tool!

Heard her say that eating Lots of potatoes was not the problem it was the butter people were putting on them

Think this is her? http://www.elsajonesnutrition.ie/

Oh well, at least she's a looker.

boomtown84

J-Fit wrote: »

Think this is her? http://www.elsajonesnutrition.ie/

Oh well, at least she's a looker.

Yeah that's her. I love listening to Tom Dunne but she does my head in. Texted in a few times about how off the mark she is. She's pretty tasty though so no surprise he keeps her around.

robodonkey

J-Fit wrote: »

Think this is her? http://www.elsajonesnutrition.ie/

Oh well, at least she's a looker.

From her biog on that website:
"Nutritional Therapist from the College of Naturopathic Medicine"

Well that's that sorted then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SavsJYXWgm8