When people switch from snacking to fewer meals, they often eat fewer carbs — which can affect weight, even if total calories stay the same.
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Diabetics who ate only two meals a day had better blood sugar control and needed less medicine — this strongly suggests they were eating fewer carbs overall.
When people eat just one big meal at night instead of three meals a day, their body starts burning more fat and less sugar — meaning they’re likely eating fewer carbs overall.
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People who ate a lot of carbs got sicker, no matter if they ate three meals or six — so eating fewer meals doesn’t automatically mean eating fewer carbs.
This study found that eating three meals instead of six didn’t change how many carbs people ate or how well their blood sugar was controlled — so the idea that fewer meals mean fewer carbs is not true here.