It was shown in a research study that a group eating 6 meals per day lost more fat than a group eating 2 meals per day - despite calories being the same. (Scand J Med Sci Sports. 1996 Oct;6(5):265-72)
Popular belief is that is if you just limit your calories you will lose weight. However, this is not true. If you consume 2,000 calories per day, but only eat 2 meals your body will go into a starvation mode and store all of those calories as fat on your body.
If you were to eat the same 2,000 calories, but spread them out over 6 meals, your body will realize that a steady stream of food is coming into the body and it does not need to store the calories as fat. As a result your body will begin to burn off more calories and overtime this will result in a decrease in your body fat stores.
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