Niki Bezzant: Time for a snack attack
January 21, 2018
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Snacking doesn’t always curb appetite and stop us eating more at mealtimes.
It’s become accepted wisdom that we need a couple of snacks a day in addition to the meals we eat. And the idea of “six small meals a day” is also touted as the route to weight loss and health.
It’s proposed that snacking boosts metabolism and helps us maintain stable blood sugar, as well as helping us eat less by stopping us from getting too hungry.
But do we really need to snack? There’s a growing school of thought among nutrition experts that constant snacking may be harming more than it’s helping.