Many scientific articles have confirmed that the timing at which we eat our meals is totally irrelevant regarding body composition. Of course there are different approaches regarding this theme but, the most important aspect to bear in mind is undoubtedly adjusting the number of calories we consume according to our goals.

So, we should stop trying to convince ourselves that eating 6 to 8 meals a day will accelerate our metabolism, because the thermogenic effect of food is directly proportional to the amount of calories que consume, not the frequency in which we ingest these calories. This means that in a day if we eat 10 meals with 200kcals or 1 meal with 2000kcal, the calories we burn due to food ingestion or other factors will be exactly the same.

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Eating larger, less frequent meals throughout the day will not only help us feel more satisfied each time we eat, but also make our body produce less ghrelin (also known as the hunger hormone) throughout the day.

Us as flexible dieters prefer, normally, to do around 4 meals a day, because we like to eat larger portions per meal and also, we normally don’t have time to be having meals every 2 hours. Being conscious of the nutritional values of the food we eat helps us choose less caloric options in order to increase total meal volume so that we’re all the more satisfied.

So, throughout time we became capable of economizing some additional calories throughout the day so that we can enjoy, for example, a delicious pizza at night, without compromising our progress in the gym!