Continual feeding for optimal nutrition

[Guest guest]

Think the Intermittent Fasting group may have it all backward and

that we as beings closely related to the other ape species should

tend to emulate their feeding behaviors. So the question is how do

they feed? Couldn't find too much except the following,

" Attempting to reduce regurgitation and reingestion in a captive

chimpanzee through increased feeding opportunities: a case study "

http://www.labanimal.com/laban/journal/v36/n1/full/laban0107-35.html

Apparently some captive apes have a regurgitation problem when fed

the standard three meals a day. (Kind of like me chained to my

computer all day.) This problem was helped by providing these kind

and gentle creatures with a constant source of browse.

I know after trying the intermittent fasting regime and eating after

only a 19 hour fast that I feel similar to a hyena who has just

stuffed himself with 35 pounds of flesh. Not so good with hyper

distended stomach and a somewhat weighed down feeling.

So today I'm going to try to graze throughout the day on a carefully

fabricated large chef salad and see if it helps reduce regurgitation

and reingestion (just kidding).

Anyhow it would seem that food nutrients would have more time to be

properly digested and assimilated into the body with the constant

grazing approach. At least I probably won't feel like the hyena that

just swallowed a thirty-five pound wildebeest steak. :-)

So what are we mostly as a species, proud hunters slaying a woolly

mammoth every 2 or 3 days and feasting and gorging or are we mostly

browsing little creatures hoping to find an occasional juicy insect,

nut, a few tidbits of left-over lion kill, and of course many fresh

leafy vegetables? This (gentle reader) I hope to glean during my

dietary explorations.

a=z

PS Peace to all Intermittent Fasters, no slights intended toward

your ancestors or their great hunting skills. :-)

[Guest guest]

Good luck with your adventures. And let’s not get so graphic (burp!) about regurgitating Etc. Hard to swallow (pun intended).

I wouldn’t put too much stock on how other primates eat. It may or may not have any relation with longevity. Remember: the only thing nature gives a damn about is getting the organism to live long enough to reproduce (and I am long since past that point).

From: aequalsz <aequalsz@...>

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Subject: [ ] Continual feeding for optimal nutrition

Think the Intermittent Fasting group may have it all backward and

that we as beings closely related to the other ape species should

tend to emulate their feeding behaviors. So the question is how do

they feed? Couldn't find too much except the following,

[Guest guest]

Well, I don't need (but probably should in this

forum!!) to provide scientific evidence proving that

the creatures who eat relatively seldom, and who eat

to capacity, appear to need to collapse and sleep for

anything from 24 hours to a couple of years! When we

fill our stomachs at lunchtime, we fight sleep all

afternoon! So I find if I eat a small snack

midmorning, and another at lunchtime, or midafternoon,

I can stay relatively alert. I don't know if we

evolved mostly " grazing " or " gorging " , but I think we

probably did both-gorging on meat before it spoiled or

was taken by a larger predator, and grazing on fruit,

nuts, leaves, etc. I've read an anthropology article

that described African bushmen as appreciating a meat

meal as really good only when it's big enough to make

them " evacuate their bowels " . So it's personal choice.

Grazing sure seems easier on the system-no doubt about

that!

-CRT

--- aequalsz <aequalsz@...> wrote:

> Think the Intermittent Fasting group may have it all

> backward and

> that we as beings closely related to the other ape

> species should

> tend to emulate their feeding behaviors. So the

> question is how do

> they feed? Couldn't find too much except the

> following,

>

> " Attempting to reduce regurgitation and

> reingestion in a captive

> chimpanzee through increased feeding opportunities:

> a case study "

>

>

http://www.labanimal.com/laban/journal/v36/n1/full/laban0107-35.html

>

> Apparently some captive apes have a regurgitation

> problem when fed

> the standard three meals a day. (Kind of like me

> chained to my

> computer all day.) This problem was helped by

> providing these kind

> and gentle creatures with a constant source of

> browse.

>

> I know after trying the intermittent fasting regime

> and eating after

> only a 19 hour fast that I feel similar to a hyena

> who has just

> stuffed himself with 35 pounds of flesh. Not so

> good with hyper

> distended stomach and a somewhat weighed down

> feeling.

>

> So today I'm going to try to graze throughout the

> day on a carefully

> fabricated large chef salad and see if it helps

> reduce regurgitation

> and reingestion (just kidding).

>

> Anyhow it would seem that food nutrients would have

> more time to be

> properly digested and assimilated into the body with

> the constant

> grazing approach. At least I probably won't feel

> like the hyena that

> just swallowed a thirty-five pound wildebeest steak.

> :-)

>

> So what are we mostly as a species, proud hunters

> slaying a woolly

> mammoth every 2 or 3 days and feasting and gorging

> or are we mostly

> browsing little creatures hoping to find an

> occasional juicy insect,

> nut, a few tidbits of left-over lion kill, and of

> course many fresh

> leafy vegetables? This (gentle reader) I hope to

> glean during my

> dietary explorations.

>

> a=z

>

> PS Peace to all Intermittent Fasters, no slights

> intended toward

> your ancestors or their great hunting skills. :-)

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

>

>

>

> Good luck with your adventures. And let¹s not get so graphic

(burp!) about

> regurgitating Etc. Hard to swallow (pun intended).

>

Sorry, didn't mean to be so offensive.

> I wouldn¹t put too much stock on how other primates eat. It may or

may not

> have any relation with longevity. Remember: the only thing nature

gives a

> damn about is getting the organism to live long enough to reproduce

(and I

> am long since past that point).

>

>

Well this primate was happily surprised to see a two pound weight

loss this morning. Also never got very hungry throughout the day and

was not famished in the evening as I usually am. Probably won't add

any longevity but seems helpful in maintaining a better quality of

life.

a=z