Does Skipping Meals Really Slow Down Your Metabolism? (burn, eat, meal)

[ho hey!]

Originally Posted by VSAngel

Try taking vitamin B12 supplements or vitamin B complex (I don't know if One-A-Day products have B vitamins specifically, but there are some good B vitamin brands at the organic store).
It speeds up metabolism, from what I found out, but it is also known to stimulate appetite.

Really? All right. I'll give that a try. I am taking Biotin and vitamin C right now. I guess it doesn't hurt to add vitamin B12 or B. Is it safe to take this much?

[VSAngel]

Originally Posted by missvang

Really? All right. I'll give that a try. I am taking Biotin and vitamin C right now. I guess it doesn't hurt to add vitamin B12 or B. Is it safe to take this much?

I had that same question I was told at the store that it would not be an overdose to take B vitamins in addition to C.

However, I wasn't really comfortable with that, since taking B and C from separate...er...bottles... could add up to different doses of other stuff that you probably already got your day's worth from one bottle (sounds complicated, yeah, I know). So I switched to multivitamins.

The multivitamins I have contain a sufficient dose of daily B12 vitamins, in addition to the other types.

I got it at the organic store, so I don't know comparable brands at regular stores. That way, there would be no need to have two or three bottles of vitamins - Just have it all in one dose

[ho hey!]

Originally Posted by VSAngel

I had that same question I was told at the store that it would not be an overdose to take B vitamins in addition to C.

However, I wasn't really comfortable with that, since taking B and C from separate...er...bottles... could add up to different doses of other stuff that you probably already got your day's worth from one bottle (sounds complicated, yeah, I know). So I switched to multivitamins.

The multivitamins I have contain a sufficient dose of daily B12 vitamins, in addition to the other types.

I got it at the organic store, so I don't know comparable brands at regular stores. That way, there would be no need to have two or three bottles of vitamins - Just have it all in one dose

Ahh all right. Thank you very much! I will try to find some good multivitamins.

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

In my personal experience I have found that fasting once a week or skipping a few meals actually speeds up my metabolism....but that could just work for me. However I maintain my body weight at 125 pounds and I am 5'5" tall. My weight has remained near constant for over 20 years and I am now 50 plus. I also take a multivitamin.....multimineral daily.....even on the days that I fast.

[hormonedoc]

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[Dorothea01]

Yes, to be on time to eat three meals a day, hungry, the metabolism will slow,

[country pride]

Slow down metabolism, me? I doubt that would happen. For me, skipping a meal could be real bad. Being one of those people who have to eat every couple of hours isnt always easy.

[Mircea]

Originally Posted by PITTSTON2SARASOTA

In my personal experience I have found that fasting once a week or skipping a few meals actually speeds up my metabolism....but that could just work for me.

It has to do with the fact that you do it once a week, and not the entire week.

To answer the question, yes. That's why diets always fail. Your body is programmed to operate on a certain number of calories per day.

That programming is done by you.

Because of millions of years of evolution, your body is also programmed to recognize and interpret any change or alteration as a form of environmental stress.

As a result, your metabolism slows to conserve energy (which is why diets ultimately fail).

To counter that, you must exercise. You can walk for exercise, provided that you actually walk and not saunter or sashay about.

If you aren't walking one mile in 12-15 minutes, then you aren't walking (but you are wasting your time).

That will boost your metabolism because you're forcing your body to provide extra energy to compensate for the reduction in calories.

You should be eating all day long.

I have a couple of slices of salami or summer sausage with havarti cheese for breakfast, or some eggs or even sausage gravy and biscuits with hash browns (home-made of course and not the oil-goo stuffed crap) and pancakes on weekends.

A pear, apple or nectarine a few hours later, then lunch, then carrots or celery (sometimes with peanut butter) or raisins, then dinner, then popcorn.

It sounds like a lot but it really isn't. It's only 2000 - 2500 calories. Sometimes I'll have a big 4,000 calorie day on weekends with a big Italian dinner and lots of fresh baked bread.

I don't do "diet foods." Everything I eat is real (and not full of oil-goo), but then I only drink maybe one or two cans of soda-pop per week, if even that much.

I also cook everything with butter, but it's clarified butter. I stick 5 pounds of butter in a pot and let it melt, then skim off and throw away all the fat and whey, leaving just the oil. I keep it in the fridge and use it through the week (it's great for the popcorn).

Also as soon as you stop eating oil-goo foods and start eating natural foods sans chemicals, you'll notice a decrease in weight, especially if you're exercising.

[meet4]

It's easily provable. Just eat you daily calorie limit per day in one portion and next month in 5 portions. If difference is less than 10%, I would say it's BS.

[Cameron Cayman]

I don't think that skippping meals slows down the metabolism. I've gone for a long while eating just one meal per day and I still workout and stay around 185 lbs. I may just be an oddball, though. It may be just an individual matter.