WHEN TO EAT
Meal patterns generally are dictated by custom, work
schedule, and personal preference. Most people eat a light breakfast, moderate
lunch, and hearty evening meal. If you have a preference, however, for more but
smaller meals, there is certainly nothing wrong with eating that way.
In fact,
we believe that, where feasible, more but lighter meals are desirable since
they are easier to digest and put fewer loads on the body. The fact is that
there is a limit to what the body's chemistry can take on at any one time.
One
can add to a fire a reasonable amount of wood The Food You Eat I 53 or coal and
have a vigorous flame. But if too much fuel is added, the fire huffs and puffs,
smokes and smolder’s inefficiently.
So, too, with the body when it is burdened with dealing with
a big evening meal,
For example, Quite
possibly, too, if a large amount of fat or cholesterol is consumed at one
sitting, the body may not be able to metabolize it completely, and it may
overflow into vital areas such as the arteries.
When obesity is a problem, the
practice of eating five or six small meals daily may be helpful. There are fewer
tendencies to overeat when smaller portions are taken more often-and fewer
tendencies to indulge in snacks. When you know you will be eating again in two
hours or so, the temptation to snack is not so great.
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