Comments on: Is Eating Between Meals Healthy?

By: AS

AS — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:05:09 +0000

Kristen and Jenny – yeah, it’s pretty much true that when I don’t eat as well I find myself getting “snacky” again. Not that it’s difficult to want to eat healthy, it’s just on some occasions our schedule doesn’t allow for it like when we’re rushed to go someplace or are off our normal schedule. I find that we make a big breakfast on the weekends and then just sort of “snack” through the rest of the day, but then I always find myself being really hungry by dinner time, which is not good. I usually end up over eating then.

Jen – the homeschooling IS getting easier a bit…however, I am still spending a lot of time on schooling each day and still find that I don’t have time to do research and write articles the way I used to…but, hopefully I can get back on schedule soon! I’ve got three articles that are half-finished, one about the homeschooling experience which I think everyone will find most interesting. I hope you and your family are doing well too!

By: Jenny @ Nourished Kitchen

Jenny @ Nourished Kitchen — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:53:42 +0000

I find that I don’t need to snack when I’m eating nourishing foods, but when I veer off my usual fare I’m plagued by cravings and headaches and an insistent urge to snack.

By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:12:30 +0000

Great post! Since we’ve switched our diets to traditional foods, we don’t snack much between meals either. I also find we don’t eat as much at meals either, since our nutritional needs are being met with real food.

Good to see you back, Raine. I hope the homeschooling is getting easier!

By: FoodRenegade

FoodRenegade — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:18:28 +0000

Love the tips! I’ve found the dehydration thing to be true more often than not. Whenever I get a midday craving, I drink water. Within ten minutes I feel so much better!

Thanks for sharing this in today’s carnival.

Cheers,
~KristenM
(AKA FoodRenegade)

By: AS

AS — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:59:09 +0000

I think occasional snacking is not a problem, it’s what you do on a regular basis. Even I find that with my very healthy diet that sometimes I need a snack to tide me over until the next meal. Although I mostly don’t feel hungry between meals anymore as I used to before I changed my eating habits. The key is to eat healthy meals so that you are providing your body with the most optimal nutrition possible, and then when you are hungry for a snack, make it something healthy that counts!

By: QChan

QChan — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:51:08 +0000

Very very good read. Thanks for taking the time to write it.

Snacking basically begets more snacking am I right?

By: AS

AS — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:02:32 +0000

Yes, you are right, I have many times heard the diet dictocrats say to avoid eating late at night, but I believe this is one piece of knowledge that actually remained with modern health rhetoric until the modern era – unlike most other good advice about eating and nutrition. Of course, the diet dictocrats clearly don’t have a clue about the real reason why you shouldn’t eat late at night. Their reasoning is usually centered around avoiding raiding the refrigerator so you won’t eat more calories and fat. You know they are very big on eating low-fat and avoiding a lot of calories – but again, they are miss entirely the point about health and weight in that they don’t acknowledge the body’s need for real fat and calories to keep energy levels up and body functions optimal. Silly rabbits.

By: Lisa Sargese

Lisa Sargese — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:10:07 +0000

Wow. No one ever put it quite that way. I also never knew about the toxin dump at night. I always regarded the “no snacking” and “no eating late night” as one more way for the diet dictorcrats to deprive me of the food my body craved. Now that you put it into the context of good digestion it makes perfect sense. Thank you!!