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Q:
you say to eat two meals a day because your body needs time to digest so i am assuming you mean breakfast and dinner since skipping lunch would give time for the body to digest and sleeping would give the body time to digest dinner.

or does it matter? can i skip breakfast and eat lunch and dinner or just breakfast and lunch. i’m just curious to hear your thoughts on this. i have also read a book called the Warrior Diet which i find very interesting because it advocates eating very small amounts throughout the day and having one big meal at night. i actually followed it for about a week and i feel pretty good but at the same time i do not think it is practical to stay on it for too long.

A:
It’s fine to eat three meals a day. Two-three is ideal. I tend only to eat two meals a day because I am just not hungry enough to eat more than that. If you do choose only to eat two meals, it is up to you if you want to eat breakfast and dinner or lunch and dinner. I usually eat around 9:30-10am and again around 5:30-6pm.

The key is to eat enough at one meal so that you aren’t snacking between meals. It’s good that the digestive system has time to do its job and then to rest in between. If you eat 5-6 meals a day, there is no time for it to rest.

This is an excerpt from one article:
Snacking & Eating More than 3 Meals Per Day

Your body only needs 3 square meals per day, and some people do better only eating 2 meals per day. Snacking between meals or eating more often is not healthy.

Your body needs the time between meals to digest, absorb and utilize the nutrients without having its energies directed towards digesting more food. If you eat enough food at mealtime, two to three times a day, it will sustain you until the next meal.