Two meals a day (no snacks)

Two meals a day is a form of intermittent fasting. Two meals a day are good for your health. It boosts energy levels, reduces hunger, improves body-mind connection, and makes you more energetic. It trained your body to use that stored body fat as fuel.

There is a method in Intermittent fasting called the 16:8 method. This method says a 16-hour gap between meals and an 8-hour “eating window” is best for a 2-meal-a-day routine. These two meals can be breakfast and lunch or lunch and dinner. When following this routine, you need to understand when and how much food your body needs. Instead of focusing on the clock, you need to understand your body when your body feels hungry, and how much. Because everybody has different needs. 

Snacks somehow prevent hunger in some cases. The time between two meals with no snacks is considered fasting which helps you in weight loss. Usually, snacks do not affect weight but some snacks can help you in weight loss like- protein and fibre-rich snacks.  

Eating two meals a day for weight-loss 

Eating two meals a day makes you self-sufficient. Your body will burn its own fat instead of relying on foods of sugar and caffeine all day. It will make you feel less hungry and full of energy and help you in weight loss. [1] 

Two meals a day benefits:

There are many two meals a day with no snacks routine like:

• It improves metabolism flexibility
• Helps in weight-loss
• Slows down the aging process
• Lower the risk of heart disease 
• Improves insulin sensitivity
• Improves blood sugar control
• Lower the risk of type-2 diabetes
• Increase in Autophagy of heart disease 
• Improves blood sugar

Is two meals a day (no snacks) good for you?

Two meals are good for health but not for everyone’s health. In some cases, you need to take advice before taking two meals a day. People having… 

• Diabetes type 1 and 2
• People having eating disorders
• Pregnant ladies, 
• Breastfeeding women, 
• Thyroid patients should take advice from their health experts before taking two meals a day.  

If you skip meals, will you lose your muscles?

No, when we skip meals, our body only uses our stored body fat for energy not protein. Protein has many functions along with energy storage. It has many other purposes. So your body will use only that fat and you will not lose any kind of muscle.