When I say that the human body is not meant to process that much food all at once I was considering optimal performance of our biological systems. Eating a huge meal cripples our mobility, and diverts energy from other systems towards digesting food. If it weren’t bad for us to eat enormous amounts of food, I doubt our bodies would react by making us feel like shit afterwards.

Our ancestors were also very good at learning how to preserve food via salting, smoking, drying etc . . . when they had it in order to ensure they had something to eat later. Also, as hunter/gatherers constantly on the move, they often subscribed to smaller frequent meals because they couldn’t afford to be overfull and lethargic when the call to action came.

Make sense?

I am in agreement with you as it pertains to those like yourself who have a very large expenditure. However, this article was written a few years ago, so my stance on the topic has broadened a bit.

I also agree with you about the dogmatic mentality of the IFing crowd being no different than the multiple meals per day crowd. In the end, it doesn’t matter as long as calories and nutrients are there – there’s research that suggests this, especially when it comes to energy needs and body composition.

Not sure where you come off saying this though…

The human body just isn’t designed to handle such a large quantity of food all at once

If this is the case, how come we are so good at storing fat (energy) then? From an evolutionary standpoint, food was scarce at times and when there was food, you ate. I highly doubt our ancestors stopped eating as soon as they felt full or lethargy set in because it could be days or weeks before another meal.

thanks for your thoughts

JC