It Starts With Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways

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But you really  should  chew.
Now, on to the specifics.

DAILY GUIDELINES


Eat three   meals   a   day.
Start with breakfast.
Don’t snack, if you can help it.
Stop eating a few hours before bedtime.

First, there’s nothing magical about three
meals, but the concept generally works quite
well from a hormonal and social perpsective.
First, having a four- to five-hour break
between meals gives glucagon time to do its
job and mobilize some energy and keeps
leptin levels normalized. In addition, most
people tend to organize their work and social
lives around three meals a day. Of course, if
you work exceptionally long days, or have an
especially active metabolism, you may end up

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