Eat every 3 Hours or Not ?

[dorellino]

Firstly, I have my clear ideas about nutrition, and I'm not criticizing one or the other way.
I'm just trying to understand the overall Medhi's idea about nutrition.
The sites states "eat every 3 hours"
Then I receive email saying "you should skip breakfast and you shouldn't eat every 3 hours"

Please advise
Thanks
M

[Mehdi]

Eat every 3 hours. Read this: 7-reasons-why-you-should-not-eat-breakfast-blog-t20964.html

[fruitarianstrength]

Dear Mehdi,

I've been reading your posts for almost a year now. And since you have started to discuss topics regarding no breakfast in the morning and fasting... I am now posting some of my ideas and experience re: Fasting.

I am practicing fruitarianism for the last two years 95%. And I know that you have chosen the hunter/ gatherer path. Even though we have some conflicting ideas regarding what diet to chose... I'll try to give my humble opinion about fasting.

At the age of 23, an area of my jaw bone was removed because the Dentist told me that bacteria is eating my bone. I undergo what they called debridement but after months have passed, it returned. Pus is draining in that area again. So, I decided to research alternative approach to healing.

Fast forward, I was intrigued in the Gracie Family ( Jiu-Jitsu ) for practicing proper food combining in their diet. So, I search where this idea came from and I stumbled at Dr. Herbert Shelton's works.

Example:http://chetday.com/fcprins.html


Dr. Herbert Shelton is one of the most experienced Natural Hygienist when it comes to fasting. Almost 30,000 patients in his entire career. So i read almost all of his writings. I tried fasting in 2008 for 10 days and 21 days this year. I've learned that you will not loss strength even you haven't eat for days. There is no muscle loss or muscle wasting until you will reach the point of Starvation. As far as I understood you will burn fat and your muscle will shrink because of glycogen depletion. But I recovered my weight and muscle mass in just 3 weeks . I feel great after i fasted. no more back pains and dandruff.

What I've learned in my research are the following:

1.) There is no cure but only healing. Only our body is capable of repairing and healing itself and it could be maximize when you are fasting. Digestion requires energy, so when you stop eating... the body has the opportunity to do its housecleaning.

2. ) "Most men can understand eating to get strong," says Dr. Tilden, "but it takes a long time to educate them to stop eating to get strong." It is difficult for people to understand this but I did experience it after i fasted.


3.) There is a difference between fasting and starvation. Starvation results from food being denied to a person whose reserves have been exhausted, and, in its extreme stages, leads to death. Fasting, on the other hand, is a period of rest and renewal with a potential for remarkable benefits with the body using its stored reserves as food.

That's it for now... try to visit http://www.rawfoodexplained.com for more information.


Thanks,
Mark
Philippines

[Mehdi]

@Mark
Interesting stuff. It seems body gets better at recovery by fasting, but I've got no research on this, it's just something that seems to be happening (and it could purely psychological). I do agree that fasting teaches you to deal with hunger and completely gets rids of cravings.

I've read about fruitarianism (Steve Pavlina does it). I'm not really sold on the idea. Might try vegetarianism and/or raw food in the future. This is cool site: http://www.beyondveg.com/nicholson-w/hb ... ew3h.shtml (I still prefer to try stuff to decide whether it works then reading random stuff on the internet).

Anyway, thanks for sharing!

[fruitarianstrength]

@Mehdi

I've read articles regarding the site Beyond Vegetarianism. They have some good points but the main point is we have the freedom of choice and I'm happy with the results of my experiments.

My diet is primarily composed of fruits but I do not restrict myself in eating animal products and even junk foods. I realized that whatever diet you have chosen, we cannot achieve perfect health especially in today's time. But for me, eating healthy is more of an advantage compared to eating crap.

[fruitarianstrength]

I do agree that fasting teaches you to deal with hunger and completely gets rids of cravings.

This phrase best explain your point Mehdi,

"Obviously the easiest way to lose all the "cravings" is to undergo a lengthy fast, after which a person will desire foods that are good for him instead. Some people say they don't have time to fast. Everyone has time for short fasts, one day a week, for example. Hopefully everyone has time, if they really look for it, for a longer one! How can they afford not to? We must find time for our health and well-being, for no one else is going to do it for us."