Diet and Grazing

It is popular practice in some weightloss programs for participants to graze. By the way, should I say participants, or patients, or losers? The popular reality TV program calls them losers. To me, that is a misnomer, since every pound of extra weight lost holds so much gain in health benefits and overall quality of life.

As I was saying, people like to graze (like cattle). They are just snacking all the time. Even though the food or snacks are considered healthy stuff, there is something wrong with this habit.

Just think of it. The stomach is an organ - just like the eye, or the heart. Each organ needs a certain amount of rest. How much rest do the stomachs of grazers get during the day if they are constantly snacking?

Consider that food takes some 4 hours or so to leave the stomach, doesn't that lead to indigestion?

I read about a study done to investigate this snacking or grazing habit. The study says that eating between meals, e.g. eating a snack within two hours after breakfast prolongs the digestion of the food ate at breakfast time by several hours - more than 7 hours (I'm remembering).

Our stomachs need to rest. Additionally, the healthiest peoples eat no more than three meals a day. Some eat just two meals per day. I believe if we eat the right foods - high fiber foods, high carbohydrate foods - we won't need to snack. What do you think?