We are told that breakfast is the most important meal of the day,and are given lunch breaks at school.
However,is this the healthiest way to eat?Should we eat three meals a day?Before considering how often we should eat,scientists advise us to consider when we shouldn't.
Intermittent fasting(间歇性断食),where you stop eating food for many hours,has become a popular area of research.It allows our stomach to rest.It helps our body to clear broken proteins (蛋白质),which protects us against many diseases.
But if intermittent fasting is a healthy way to eat,how many meals does this leave room for?Some experts argue that it is best to have one meal a day.David Levitsky,professor at Cornell University,does this himself.Wouldn't one meal a day leave us feeling hungry?Not always,because hunger is often a feeling."When the clock says 12 p.m.,we may get feelings to eat,but before we had fridges and supermarkets,we ate when there was food."
Another expert,Manoogan,doesn't agree with it.He says it can make our blood glucose(血糖) go up.To keep our blood glucose low,we need to eat regularly.Two or three meals a day is the best.And we should eat most of our food earlier in the day."Then our bodies can use the energy from our food all day,instead of saving it as fat(脂肪)."
Even if intermittent fasting is the healthiest way to eat,it may not be a good idea.for everyone.If you want to try it,remember to check with your doctor first.
①Fixing broken proteins.
②Allowing the stomach to rest.
③Helping scientists do research.
④Keeping us safe from some illness.