Mildly Interesting

Brave of you to assume we all eat 3 a day.

IT'S STARTED. THE POWERS THAT BE ARE PREPARING THEIR "JUST DON'T EAT, CITIZEN" PROPAGANDA BEFORE THE COLLAPSE OF THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN.

Is this a bunch of bots or does nobody else have blood sugar.

ADHD, I usually eat when i get the shakes.

I just eat whenever I feel hungry on no particular schedule. It is 6:43 PM where I am at and I only ate two hard-boiled eggs ten minutes ago all day. Lololol.

We? 3 meals a day is warranted for manual labor-heavy jobs (like farmer, construction). I, in IT&tech, eat breakfast, maybe a snack if it's long inbetween and cook something at evening.

So...7 meals instead?

most people in the states actually think they're going to die immediately if they skip a meal, let alone two.

the "never don't eat, for any reason, ever--or you will DIE" mindset is one of the things we're most force-fed from birth onwards.

it's becase if you skip a meal, that's money that wasn't spent. if everyone skipped a meal, that's a lot of money that wasn't spent. we can't have that in capitalism. therefore, eat abundantly and often. it doesn't matter what, as long as it's something you bought

Who is 'we' exactly? Did I need someone's permission?

I'm not reading the article because I'm lazy.

Well, fasting is not for everyone. Female biology often benefits from regular eating (small quantities), for example. People with gastritis, with PMOS, diabetes, etc. may find fasting hard. Intuitive eating is interesting, but people may have a problem confusing 'intuition' with 'body signals' that are not great; for example, if I were to intuitively eat while on ADHD medication, I'd eat nothing, and the opposite for bad days, I'd feel that my body is 'naturally' asking me for extra food.

So, while I agree that we should be brave to change the three meals a day if it isn't for us, I'd recommend getting enough information and medical advice before changing anything.

"Stop eating for pleasure" is BS, too. We shouldn't overindulge, but we need to find food appealing in order to stick with our personalized diet. These messages about food and eating being 'a problem' are not good for people in risk of developing an eating disorder...

3 meals a day are fine. So are two meals a day or five. That was precisely MFK Fisher's point, paraphrased in the article's introduction. What you eat and how much are far the more important concerns.

I haven't eaten three meals a day since I was in middle school. And not because I couldn't afford to.

i haven't had 3 meals in a day in years

i eat when i feel like it, which is more like 1 meal plus a few snacks per day

Shit, I just eat when I'm hungry, which is usually just once a day sometime in the evening. Occasionally I'll also eat midday around lunchtime too, but not often. To hell with that 3 meals a day shit though, I think my belly would explode if I ate that much.

Do what you need for your body to function properly. If that's the 3 meals a day deal then fine. If you eat small items throughout the day to maintain energy levels for health reasons or because that's how your body operates best is fine as well. We are seriously hitched up on this stupid concept of "normality" in society.

What about a second breakfast?

I've found that I'm actually less hungry throughout the day, if I skip breakfast. So, even when I then have lunch, I'm satiated much quicker.

My working theory is that my stomach shrinks when empty, in particular throughout the night. So, if I don't shove down breakfast in the morning:

• My stomach can shrink even smaller until lunch.
• There is less empty space in the non-stretched stomach, so less hunger.
• When I do eat lunch, the smaller stomach fills up quicker, meaning I shove down less food for lunch, too, and therefore my stomach doesn't get particularly stretched until dinner either.

Did not rtfa but unless you are suggesting more than 3, no.

I usually just kinda snack throughout the day.