STOP EATING LIKE A SUMO WRESTLER

For many people, a typical day of eating may resemble the "Sumo Wrestler" Diet. The Sumo wrestler will consume a very small amount of calories (fasting) for 20 hours of the day. During the remaining 4 hours (around dinner time) the Sumo wrestler consumes a very large amount of calories (binging).

Fasting raises the fat producing enzymes in the body, which is the starvation response. Then, when large amounts of calories are consumed near bedtime, they are stored as fat. This is the desired result for the Sumo wrestler but not for the average person.

The best model is to eat small meals between 200 and 300 calories every 2 to 3 hours. At this rate you will have 5 or 6 small meals each day, instead of the customary 2 or 3 meals daily.

An experiment was done on mice to test the starvation response theory. Group A was fed six meals a day of equal size. Group B was fed two large meals a day. After 6 weeks, fat producing enzymes doubled in the Group B rats. When Group B returned to eating 5 or 6 small meals a day, the fat-producing enzymes were back to normal after 90 days. Eating 5 or 6 small meals a day may seem like a lot, but the benefits can not be ignored.

Eating small meals throughout the day will keep your metabolism burning high all day. Small frequent meals will also keep blood sugar levels balanced so you don’t get "hunger pangs". You will be satisfied, so the desire to binge occurs less frequently and temptation is less severe.

So let’s make it happen! Plan ahead and make list. Pack meals to take with you, including healthy snacks. Eat within one hour of waking to get the metabolism burning. Then, look forward to seeing the calories melt.   That Sumo Diet is not so HOT!