Calorie Shifting (-45%) Beats Calorie Reduction (-55%): Four Meals, Spaced 4h Apart Induce Greater Hunger(!) & Body Weight Reduction Than More Restrictive Regular Dieting
4x4 are those the optimal numbers? Alright, if you have 500,000kcal worth of fat to lose, you'd sure as hell lose it faster if you're running a kcal deficit of 55% vs. 45%, right? Yeah, I know. As a SuppVersity reader you're smart enough to question the validity of this simple mathematical question and I have to admit that this is in fact one of the major weaknesses of the study at hand. However, let's postpone the criticism to the conclusion and simply assume it would be obvious that someone cutting back by 55% would lose more fat or at least more body weight than someone who consumes only 45% less calories. Let's further assume this "someone" was an obese and overweight (BMI ≥ 25), nonsmoking adult (age 26-50 years) woman who has been selected from two clinics related to Weight Loss and Weight Gain Unit, Shohaday Tajrish Hospital and Private Clinic in Esfahan between April 2010 and September 2012. You can learn more about meal frequency at the ...