Nutritional Mythbusting! Myth: Eat frequently to stoke the metabolic fire. A) Three meals: 900 kcal per meal. B) Six meals: 450 kcal per meal. C) Nine meals: 300 kcal per meal. What wed find is a different pattern in regards to TEF (thermic effect of food) Example A would yield a larger and long lasting boost in metabolic rate that would gradually taper off until the next meal came around; TEF would show a peak and valley-pattern. C would yield a very weak but consistent boost in metabolic rate; an even pattern. B would be somewhere in between. However, at the end of the 24-hour period, or as long as it would take to assimilate the nutrients, there would be no difference in TEF. The total amount of energy expended by TEF would be identical in each scenario. Meal frequency does not affect total TEF. You cannot trick the body in to burning more or less calories by manipulating meal frequency. Check out leangains to learn more or message me for a nutritional consultation.
Posted on: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 20:33:36 +0000