Meals

[Камо́ Зэд]

Does sitting down to three meals have any advantage over having several "snacks" of equivalent nutrition? It may be that the meal method of eating is optimum for an eight-hour workday; meals divide the workday into periods between breakfast, lunch, and dinner, lunch marking the halfway point. On days not occupied by work, meals may be taken more casually. It stands to reason that a reduced workweek would see meals taken in smaller portions at various times of day. How would meals change in terms of how we use them to connect with other human beings within a socialist(ic) society? I'd appreciate feedback from non-socialist anti-capitalists as well.

[#FF0000]

Actually you're right with how work changed meal times. Meal times were once very informal, and it wasn't the whole set "breakfast, lunch, dinner" routine.

That being said I don't think there's really anything objectively better about several small meals compared to three bigger meals. I know people are like "UGUGGUUGU UR METABLISM" but it's simply not true (or at least nowhere near proven).

[Ostrinski]

Shit, I dunno I love a good meal.

[MotherCossack]

i am so jealous of all you folks who think food is food.... yummy, for sure.... but nothing too heavy.
Me? I started out on a long path into a most perverted, unhealthy and destructive relationship with the stuff that i have never been able to escape from. Well, not really, anyway.
so for me, food is always gonna be nothing but a troublesome necessity: can not give it up, but never can enjoy it.
i suppose that's life. but it sucks.

[VirgJans12]

I eat five meals a day but that's because I'm used to that as I follow a healthy sports diet. Eating multiple (4+) meals a day is healthier than three. I can't remember why, though. Anyways, that's why I'd stick to the same meal times even if it was to become informal.

[Lynx]

Only meal I have is dinner, usually during the evening.