Water consumption during a workout.............

[Lifterforlife]

Actually another bit of a bodybuilding myth, eating frequent meals has very little impact on metabolism. (does very little to nothing to promote fat burning, human metabolism doesn't slow on a meal to meal basis). It can be beneficial for nitrogen balance.....

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Actually I know it is again conventional wisdom, but frequent meals has very little impact on metabolism.

Curious to see your thoughts on that.

Why would it not? Takes calories to use/digest the food, no?

Metabolism... ok... maybe there is a "base" metabolic rate that is unchanged and we just burn more calories or take in less to decrease weight?

 

[JKurz1]

Actually I know it is again conventional wisdom, but frequent meals has very little impact on metabolism.

strongly strongly disagree...but we are entitiled to our own opinion....just an FYI, did you know sumo wrestlers eat 1 huge meal in the evening and that's it....just food for thought.

 

[Lifterforlife]

Don't know why this didn't post before....another misnomer in bodybuilding....that more frequent meals raises metabolism. (human metabolism doesn't slow on a meal to meal basis)

 

[Ghede]

Don't know why this didn't post before....another misnomer in bodybuilding....that more frequent meals raises metabolism. (human metabolism doesn't slow on a meal to meal basis)

Good Lawd man, of course it doesnt RAISE metabolism!!!


What it does do is keep blood sugar shuttling constant and avoids a downregulation of hypolthaomal heat regulation based on near constant AVAILABLE blood sugar levels. In order to RAISE metabolism, the food would have to be a combination of coffee beans and yohimbine bark covered in capacin dusted with Meth...

The basic premise behind eating small and constant caloric episodes throughout the day, supported with all three macronutrients, is that it is in the best interest of the furnace to keep it firing on all pistons. It in no way makes the engine miraculaously have greater displacement, but it does prevent spillover from caloric dump after a bout of the Fattie Carbogorg...


If you try and put 20 liters of petrol in a 10 liter tank, the excess will spill out onto your fenders... ya know?

 

[Lifterforlife]

Good Lawd man, of course it doesnt RAISE metabolism!!!

Well, you are simply confirming what I said. I was referring to Sgt. Slaughter's post above referring to keeping his metabolism on fire!

to quote from the post...it's called keeping one's metabolism on FIRE

There does seem to be alot of this permeating the boards all over that somehow more frequent eating raises metabolism.

Thanks for agreeing with me.

 

[Ghede]

Well, you are simply confirming what I said. I was referring to Sgt. Slaughter's post above referring to keeping his metabolism on fire!

to quote from the post...it's called keeping one's metabolism on FIRE

There does seem to be alot of this permeating the boards all over that somehow more frequent eating raises metabolism.

Thanks for agreeing with me.

Oh, so you are wearing your Missy Nittpickypoo underoos today?

Fine, so it doesnt, RAISE inherant BMR above natures intended. BUT>>>>> it DOES enable more constant and constitant use of caloric intake and DOES prevent spillover THEREBY making ones Metabolism more efficient in terms of allowing the first law of thermodynamics to do the voodoo, that it dooooo, sooooo wellllllllll..... (i sing like a friggin pro, so bite me)

That having been said: this thread should be about CLARIFICATIONS not about porcupine catapults.

 

[Lifterforlife]

Oh, so you are wearing your Missy Nittpickypoo underoos today?

I like that!!

 

[Lifterforlife]

By the way......just for grins...

Effect of the pattern of food intake on human energy metabolism.
Verboeket-van de Venne WP, Westerterp KR, Kester AD.

Department of Human Biology, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

The pattern of food intake can affect the regulation of body weight and lipogenesis. We studied the effect of meal frequency on human energy expenditure (EE) and its components. During 1 week ten male adults (age 25-61 years, body mass index 20.7-30.4 kg/m2) were fed to energy balance at two meals/d (gorging pattern) and during another week at seven meals/d (nibbling pattern). For the first 6 d of each week the food was provided at home, followed by a 36 h stay in a respiration chamber. O2 consumption and CO2 production (and hence EE) were calculated over 24 h. EE in free-living conditions was measured over the 2 weeks with doubly-labelled water (average daily metabolic rate, ADMR). The three major components of ADMR are basal metabolic rate (BMR), diet-induced thermogenesis (DIT) and EE for physical activity (ACT). There was no significant effect of meal frequency on 24 h EE or ADMR. Furthermore, BMR and ACT did not differ between the two patterns. DIT was significantly elevated in the gorging pattern, but this effect was neutralized by correction for the relevant time interval. With the method used for determination of DIT no significant effect of meal frequency on the contribution of DIT to ADMR could be demonstrated.

Thermogenesis in humans after varying meal time frequency]

 

[macrophage69alpha]

smaller more frequent meals do affect metabolism

Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Jan;81(1):16-24. Related Articles, Links


Comment in:
Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Jan;81(1):3-4.

Beneficial metabolic effects of regular meal frequency on dietary thermogenesis, insulin sensitivity, and fasting lipid profiles in healthy obese women.

Farshchi HR, Taylor MA, Macdonald IA.

Centre for Integrated Systems Biology and Medicine, Institute of Clinical Research, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queen's Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, UK. [email protected]

BACKGROUND: Although a regular meal pattern is recommended for obese people, its effects on energy metabolism have not been examined. OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether a regular meal frequency affects energy intake (EI), energy expenditure, or circulating insulin, glucose, and lipid concentrations in healthy obese women. DESIGN: Ten women [x +/- SD body mass index (in kg/m(2)): 37.1 +/- 4.8] participated in a randomized crossover trial. In phase 1 (14 d), the subjects consumed their normal diet on 6 occasions/d (regular meal pattern) or followed a variable meal frequency (3-9 meals/d, irregular meal pattern). In phase 2 (14 d), the subjects followed the alternative pattern. At the start and end of each phase, a test meal was fed, and blood glucose, lipid, and insulin concentrations were determined before and for 3 h after (glucose and insulin only) the test meal. Subjects recorded their food intake on 3 d during each phase. The thermogenic response to the test meal was ascertained by indirect calorimetry. RESULTS: Regular eating was associated with lower EI (P < 0.01), greater postprandial thermogenesis (P < 0.01), and lower fasting total (4.16 compared with 4.30 mmol/L; P < 0.01) and LDL (2.46 compared with 2.60 mmol/L; P < 0.02) cholesterol. Fasting glucose and insulin values were not affected by meal pattern, but peak insulin concentrations and area under the curve of insulin responses to the test meal were lower after the regular than after the irregular meal pattern (P < 0.01 and 0.02, respectively). CONCLUSION: Regular eating has beneficial effects on fasting lipid and postprandial insulin profiles and thermogenesis.