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<blockquote data-quote="Robbity" data-source="post: 2093077" data-attributes="member: 93179"><p>When I was a child the norm was "three meals a day and <strong>don't eat between meals</strong>". I can remember too when it was suggested that snacking/grazing should be a recommended eating pattern - I believe it was probably in the late 1950s. I imagine that it was possibly a sales ploy when food became more readily available after wartime restrictions and rationing, as was the 5 a day recommendation later on.</p><p></p><p>My simple minded understanding about fats and carbs is that carbs are short term and easy fuel, and if you overeat you can store the surplus as body fat but you can't access this because your body's become lazy and used to getting supplied with fast and readily available carby stuff - and stored /body fat requires effort to access and use it. When you change to a low carb, full fat diet, you body eventually makes the chemical changes to enable it to access stored fat, returning to its normal state of being able to handle carbs and both dietary and stored fats correctly. And then you have access to a constant suppy of readily available fuel, so no longer need to constantly keep topping up with carbs.</p><p></p><p>Robbity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robbity, post: 2093077, member: 93179"] When I was a child the norm was "three meals a day and [B]don't eat between meals[/B]". I can remember too when it was suggested that snacking/grazing should be a recommended eating pattern - I believe it was probably in the late 1950s. I imagine that it was possibly a sales ploy when food became more readily available after wartime restrictions and rationing, as was the 5 a day recommendation later on. My simple minded understanding about fats and carbs is that carbs are short term and easy fuel, and if you overeat you can store the surplus as body fat but you can't access this because your body's become lazy and used to getting supplied with fast and readily available carby stuff - and stored /body fat requires effort to access and use it. When you change to a low carb, full fat diet, you body eventually makes the chemical changes to enable it to access stored fat, returning to its normal state of being able to handle carbs and both dietary and stored fats correctly. And then you have access to a constant suppy of readily available fuel, so no longer need to constantly keep topping up with carbs. Robbity [/QUOTE]
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