by Tanya Zilberter, PhD
An average American eats an average 3.12 meals a day. Is it enough? How does meal timing affect one's body weight and general health? How does it influence one's appetite and muscle mass?
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Meal planning while on a low carb diet
We all wake up in deep ketosis independently of our diet: low fat, low carb, or no diet at all. Even before breakfast, just by the mere fact of being awake and getting ready for our morning routine, our bodies start producing glucose using carb depots (if they are still there and not used up by a prolonged low carb diet.)
As glucose level in the blood increases, ketone bodies' level decreases because these two are deadly antagonists. You see, even the anticipation of breakfast works against ketosis, the real breakfast much more so, and a breakfast including sweeteners is almost as bad as breakfast with real bread and sugar.
As ketone level decreases, so does their appetite-fighting effect. As a result, you'll eat more during your next meal. However, if you indulge in tasty foods and sweetened desserts during your last meal, you don't have much time for overeating. This is why the Carbohydrate Addict Diet limit the last meal duration by 1 hour.
If however you find yourself hungry late in the evening, it's a signal that you've overindulged in tasty foods and you might want to reconsider your priorities. Ask yourself: what's more important - enjoing a tasty meal or suffering the consequences.
Today, let's discuss a conventional diet "no-no" which is considered one of the worst diet heresies: Skipping Breakfasts. In our experience, it does the trick after a cheating day or when you temporarily stall. Some of our dieters do this regularly, often twice a week, and some do this even every day.
Why is breakfast called the most important part of the day to start with? This is the most typical among *reasonable* explanations:
"By the time you awaken, 12 hours or more have passed
since your last meal. As a result, your supply of
blood sugar has dropped to a near-low point. So you
need food to produce a steady stream of glucose to
fuel every cell in your body. "
But wait a minute! This is exactly what we are
trying to avoid on any low carb diet! Low carbers
are not relying on glucose for fuel, we use ketone
bodies instead, and this fuel is most abundant exactly
in the morning.
Look at this picture: (if you can't see the picture, view it at:
http://dietandbody.com/pics/ketones.jpg)
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