How often should I eat?

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I recently stumbled across a paper outlining plans to do a calory

restriction study on monkeys.

It stated that the monkeys were to be fed twice a day, early mourning

and early aftenoon. i.e 2 meals a day. We're told that 3 meals a day

is the norm. Some people on diet are told to eat 7 times a day, I

read an article saying that Barry Bonds (MLB player) eats 6 times a

day.

I dont know how often one should eat, I guess it is up to the

individual. Some people seem to prefer eating lunch and dinner, while

other can sometimes manage on 1 meal a day (If it needs to).

If your the type of person who wants to eat a fixed amount of calorie

per day (as oppose to fixing your calorie consumption for the week).

You might want to be divide your meals in small amounts.

I was reading somethings about glycemic index and how it affects

blood sugar. Basically the more you eat at one time the more it

affects your blood sugar. By lowering the portion of food at one time

and eating more frequently you better control your blood sugar, there

by avoiding things like severe hunger pains. Dont get me wrong, you

might still feel hungry but alot less then say eating only 3 times or

twice a day.

I am currently trying to consume at most 360 calories at one time and

eating every 3 hours or so. Meaning I eat for the first 12 hours of

my day and nothing afterwards. I will keep posted on this.