[...] if I do have one. Like grabbing an apple AND a few bites of cold, cooked beef out of the 'fridge. Why Snacking Makes You Weak, Not Just Fat - GNOLLS.ORG Reply With Quote   + Reply to [...]

[...] So, with an insulin response, when protein is available, muscle breakdown was decreased by 90%. When protein was not available, breakdown was decreased by only 45%. The influence of hyperinsulinemic-hyperglycemia on protein and carbohydrate homeostasis was assessed... [...]

I came across your website while researching the subject, "Does Sugar Physically Weaken The Human Body?" This is a subject that my 10 year old daughter chose for her 5th grade science project. I watched my Nutrition Professor take 2 VERY strong young men and perform the following experiment with them; Sent both out of the room. Invited the first to come back into the room and had him stand with his arms to his sides. The professor pressed his wrists towards his legs and told his to try to lift his arms out to his sides... which he was able to do with NO problem. He did this twice. Then the professor asked if anyone, especially the young man if he had a sweet tooth. The young man told the professor that he didnt eat a lot of sugar, but he did eat some refined sugar. The professor named several reasons why sugar was so bad for our body's and then asked the young man to hold out his hand. He then poured out about 2 tsps of sugar in the palm of his hand and asked him to rub the sugar in his hand for one minute. While he timed him, he went on with more reasons sugar was evil... when the minute was up, he had the young man brush off the remaining sugar in the trash can. The professor repeated the same experiment and asked the young man to try to lift his arms. The young man could not do it. The young man, in disbelief tried again, and again with no luck. The young man even got VERY angry and put in ANGRY effort. still couldn't lift his arms. The professor asked his to sit down. He called for the next young man and performed the exact experiment and had the exact same results.
SO, my question is... does sugar really have that quick of an effect and such a drastic one on our bodies?? and if so.. Why does it make us weak like that?? By the way... I DID eat tons of sugar... starting IMMEDIATELY I'm eliminating sugar from my diet and eating protein with every meal!

[...] 1.  Prevent the habit of frequent snacking [...]

why is that most of the article i have read on the internet says it is good to have snack.
when you want to lose weight then snack is key to weight loss as it help manage hunger and reduce bingeing. Eating a healthy snack of a piece of fruit or some raw veggies can tame your hunger without ruining your appetite for your next meal.

Eating smaller meals more frequently reduces fat storage through portion control
Eating small, frequent meals helps prevent you from over-consuming calories
through simple portion control. Excess calories at one meal will always be converted into
body fat. When you consume a meal, the food is digested and directed into any cells
requiring immediate energy. Once the cells have received all the energy they need, the
body can store the excess fuel in the form of glycogen in the muscles and liver. However,
there’s only so much glycogen your body can store. Any excess calories beyond this limit
will be stored as body fat.

What about for a growing teen boy? My 15 year old son rarely eats breakfast and has lunch at the school cafeteria (not awful, but certainly not Paleo/Primal/Perfect Health Diet). Then he wants to snack continuously from the time he gets home through bedtime.

He used to eat bread with jam and peanut butter for snacks, and tons of fruit. I've been transitioning our family to an eating plan like Perfect Health Diet, so I'm no longer buying bread but I do buy rice cakes with seaweed as a substitute (which he eats plain). I've thought of keeping deviled eggs around (my son likes those), but am having trouble coming up with other good foods to have available for raiding quickly from the fridge.

Great posts. Thank you!

Wonderful ideas, Paul! Thanks very much. He *loves* meat; in fact, he just finished off a pork roast that in many households would last a week! The guacamole is a great idea too. And I'd love to get some liver into him, so I'll try introducing him to pate.

I love your description of bread being a means of communicating good foot to the mouth. I was thinking that rice cakes could play that role, but your suggestions of celery, etc, are much better.

Thanks again!
M.