I think the thing is ... it's really difficult to eat a full day's calories in one meal! If you do, you'd have to use some very concentrated form of calories, like a milkshake. I've found that I can pig out on something like, say, potato chips or ice cream and eat too much, but not on any normal meal that I make.
And THAT is the flaw in a lot of these studies. They concentrate on calories, but not on the source of the calories. I note they say "Energy-dense foods were chosen to assist in reducing the volume of food to be consumed". What, exactly, does that mean? The actual food choices weren't listed, just the macronutrient levels. But there is a lot of difference between eating, say, a high-fiber protein bar made with sugar, than eating a baked potato and piece of fish. Do you think you could eat three actual meals all at the same time? I know I can't. I used to start my day with two eggs over easy, some bacon, and hash browns. I still do, some days ... but later in the day, and seriously, that is ALL I can eat for the next 3 hours or so. If I had to follow that with a sandwich (lunch) and steak (dinner) I would probably explode. I'm guessing that to make the person eat the equivalent of 3 meals, the meal has to use, say, a milkshake. "Energy dense foods" are very often the ones that are not good at satiation, and not good for the person in general.
Fast5 works best as a tool to help a person eat better. It seems to help people automatically make better food choices, for some reason, and a number of people have commented about how they just "want" to eat the healthier choices. Breaking your fast with say, a nice big green salad or bowl of soup can tame the "out of control" appetite that might want to eat a whole box of chocolates for a meal. Eggs and fish seem to be particularly good at causing long-term satiety. But Fast5 works by changing your appestat somehow, which can't actually happen if the food is all chosen in advance for the person. A better study would be to allow the person to choose food from a cafeteria, whatever they want, for just one meal a day, and see how their eating patterns change over 8 weeks.
On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Vijay Kulkarni <vjkulkarni@yahoo.com> wrote:
The above study seems to suggest that 1 meal per day with the same calorie intake as 3 meals per day could have some unwanted affects like increased blood pressure, and worse cholesterol measures. What do you all think?Regards,
Vijay Kulkarni
Heather Twist
http://eatingoffthefoodgrid.blogspot.com/
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