As well, I want to examine the idea that
different meal frequencies might be optimal under different conditions (i.e. maintenance versus mass gains versus dieting).
Not exact matches
Instead, feel free to experiment with
different dieting styles and
meal frequencies until you find the regime that works best for you and your individual goals.
There are a lot of
different opinions about the optimal
meal frequency.
According to current research though, TEF is proportional to the calorie content and vary with macronutrient composition (with the highest increase in energy expenditure observed with a high protein diet) and not
meal frequency per se, as demonstrated by the equal TEF in
different meal patterns under iso - caloric conditions (79,80).