Re: Re: eating small meals -- was Fitness and SCD

[Guest guest]

Actually, the suggestion/advice to eat small meals throughout the day rather than the "traditional" three meals a day works well for a lot of people. Certainly does for me, not just for maintaining my blood sugar levels and energy but also for my digestion. I have functional upper GI disorders that definitely require small meals or snacks. I have to spread out my daily foods over a 12 hour period, or I really suffer, and not just from digestive symptoms.

My doctors have strongly recommended eating small meals throughout the day, even before I was diagnosed. Some of their advice has worked, some has not. But eating something every 2 to 3 hours has worked wonders for me.

Because I now have functional digestive disorders I've had to work at figuring out when to eat certain foods, how many days apart between servings of certain foods, what things to give up trying to digest..... Took months of work, but once I figured it out, I was able to stabilize my digestion and reach symptom management. Then I was able to heal and even improve my digestion, or rather improve it as far as it could go.

I think we all have to try different strategies and methods to find what works best for each of us. Some do well with one strategy, some do well with another.

Kim M.

SCD 5 years

Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction & related stuff 5+ years

neurological deterioration 3 years

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> If you're not looking to gain or loose weight I wouldn't worry too >much about the 'actual' numbers, percentages, etc. Instead, stick >to the tried-and-true, common-sense approach to maintain weight: eat >5 to six small meals each day! Eating this way keeps you from >getting too hungry and wanting to cheat on SCD or binge. It also >maintains a nice healthy metabolism.I don't think this advice necessarily works for many SCDers. Grazing all day is generally recommended for people who need to keep their blood sugar steady on a diet high in refined carbs.I know many people with Crohn's and colitis have difficulty with digestion at different points during the day -- so eating certain foods at breakfast will be different for them if they ate them at dinner time.....