Up Your Frequency
FREE DAILY DIET TIP
By Joel Marion, CISSN, NSCA-CPT
Published November 04, 2008
You may have heard that eating smaller, frequent meals is better than consuming larger, infrequent ones, but do you really understand all the benefits? And more importantly, do you actually follow this diet advice? First, with respect to metabolism, frequent feedings allow your body to use calories for energy, instead of storing them. You could consume 2,000 calories split over two meals, or those same 2000 calories split over five meals. The difference is that the calories in the two-meal situation would be more readily stored as fat while the calories in the five-meal scenario would be more readily burned as energy. Another way frequent feedings help to increase energy expenditure is through something known as the thermic effect of feeding, or TEF. With frequent feedings, your body’s digestive engine is fired up numerous times each day, and that constant stimulation helps keep your metabolic furnace ablaze. Frequent feedings also help with craving control: When you allow yourself to get very hungry between meals, it’s much more likely that you’ll overeat during your next meal. And finally, frequent feedings help maintain calorie-burning muscle by providing a steady flow of nutrients to muscle tissue throughout the day. So are you eating smaller, frequent meals every 2-3 hours? If not, start today!To your body transformation success,
FREE DAILY DIET TIP
By Joel Marion, CISSN, NSCA-CPT
Published November 04, 2008
You may have heard that eating smaller, frequent meals is better than consuming larger, infrequent ones, but do you really understand all the benefits? And more importantly, do you actually follow this diet advice? First, with respect to metabolism, frequent feedings allow your body to use calories for energy, instead of storing them. You could consume 2,000 calories split over two meals, or those same 2000 calories split over five meals. The difference is that the calories in the two-meal situation would be more readily stored as fat while the calories in the five-meal scenario would be more readily burned as energy. Another way frequent feedings help to increase energy expenditure is through something known as the thermic effect of feeding, or TEF. With frequent feedings, your body’s digestive engine is fired up numerous times each day, and that constant stimulation helps keep your metabolic furnace ablaze. Frequent feedings also help with craving control: When you allow yourself to get very hungry between meals, it’s much more likely that you’ll overeat during your next meal. And finally, frequent feedings help maintain calorie-burning muscle by providing a steady flow of nutrients to muscle tissue throughout the day. So are you eating smaller, frequent meals every 2-3 hours? If not, start today!To your body transformation success,
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