{"id":152,"date":"2011-06-06T06:00:37","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T10:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondgorgeous\/?p=152"},"modified":"2011-06-01T15:24:51","modified_gmt":"2011-06-01T19:24:51","slug":"does-it-help-to-skip-a-meal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondgorgeous\/2011\/06\/does-it-help-to-skip-a-meal.html","title":{"rendered":"Does It Help to Skip a Meal?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We know it matters what<\/em> you eat. Does it matter when<\/em> you eat?<\/p>\n

Absolutely!<\/p>\n

When you skip a meal, your autopilot gets the message from the stomach, \u201cHey, we are out of business here.\u00a0 Where is the fuel?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what is up,\u201d the autopilot signals back. \u201cI\u2019ve passed on your message to the conscious pilot, but so far nothing has happened. I\u2019ll bump up the signal strength and try to get through.\u00a0 In the meantime, I\u2019ll send the message to the rest of the body to slow down and conserve fuel. We might be starting a famine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The body gets the message and the organs shift into low gear.\u00a0 The metabolism slows down to a crawl.<\/p>\n

Finally you are feeling weak and think you are starving to death, so you give in and eat.\u00a0 And eat. And eat.\u00a0 Because by this time your stomach has been hammering you with the hormone ghrehlin which is your hunger signal.\u00a0 It takes awhile for the message to fade out of your system, so you eat until you are stuffed.<\/p>\n

Then the autopilot gets back on the horn.\u00a0 \u201cFamine is over for now,\u201d he announces. \u201cWe know that starvation could come again at any time, so we better prepare.\u00a0 Hang on to the reserves.\u201d<\/p>\n

You have just cued your body NOT to lose any weight.\u00a0 Your skipped meal did not help at all.<\/p>\n

Instead, try to space your food so that you are eating three small to moderate meals a day with a couple of snacks.\u00a0 Make wise, nutritious choices, and your body will cooperate and you won\u2019t feel weak and hungry.<\/p>\n

Your body is listening to the messages you give it. Make sure you are sending the right signals!<\/p>\n

Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/em>
\nSusan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n

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