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CNET
19 hours ago
- Health
- CNET
Do You Really Need to Eat 3 Meals a Day? We Asked an Expert Dietician
Eating three balanced meals per day is often touted as the healthiest way to maintain a healthy diet and get adequate nutrition. But if you're like me and have an unpredictable eating pattern, getting three meals in each day can be tough. I love to snack throughout the day, I don't like putting effort into cooking and I even skip meals until I'm so hangry I can barely think straight. I know that I'm not alone in struggling to make the three meals a day lifestyle work for me. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the proportion of people consuming three meals a day declined significantly from the 1970s to 2010 (73% to 59% in men and 75% to 63% in women). I'd venture to guess those numbers have gone down even more in the 12 years since that survey, as stress and burnout has reached a fever pitch in recent years. This made me wonder how important is it to have frequent meals? Why aren't two meals (or the popular OMAD) safe? And why is it so hard to eat three meals a day? I talked to a nutrition expert and dove into the research to find out. Here's how my own eating habits have transformed for the meals a day: An origin story Though we now take it for granted, the division of your daily diet into three meals -- breakfast, lunch and dinner -- hasn't always been the standard, and it still isn't in some places in the world. Before industrialization, as New York University food historian Amy Bentley told The Atlantic, people in the US tended to eat just two large meals, fueling their bodies for rural, outdoor labor. In ancient Rome, the custom was to eat one large meal, plus two small, light meals. In the US, our eating habits are now typically organized around our workdays or school days. But cultural norms aside, there's no scientific reason for you to eat exactly three meals every day. "The number of meals in a day itself isn't key," said Marissa Kai Miluk, a registered dietitian nutritionist who specializes in stopping binge eating. "Every person is different and there is research on all ends of the spectrum of how many times a day you 'should' be eating." Over the years, there have been studies that show benefits to eating more frequent meals, as well as studies that show the downsides of it. Some research has also found benefits to eating less frequent, bigger meals and -- you guessed it -- the downsides of it. With that said, the three-meals-a-day recommendation didn't come out of nowhere. In one sense, it all comes down to math: The average adult human requires 2,000 calories per day, and you're only awake for so many hours. "Across all peer-reviewed research and health practices, three meals a day is a general recommendation to encourage consistent, adequate energy intake," Miluk said. "Unless someone is seriously lacking in time or safe access to food, I would not recommend eating less than three meals a day, as that would require a large intake in one sitting in order to meet basic needs," she added. Best Coolers for Barbecues, Camping and More Best Coolers for Barbecues, Camping and More Click to unmute Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Skip Backward Skip Forward Next playlist item Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 13:15 Loaded : 1.52% 00:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 13:15 Share Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. 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Best Coolers for Barbecues, Camping and More Still, the math can change depending on your own health needs and schedule, not to mention a ton of other, less quantifiable factors -- like, in my case, a love for snacks. More important than the number of meals, Miluk said, is consistency. Skipping meals, waiting all day to eat and other inconsistent eating patterns can have a range of unintended outcomes, from increased blood pressure to high or low blood sugar. So how do you know if your eating patterns are healthy? "Experiencing frequent mood swings, hanger, erratic cravings, insatiable hunger, eating with a sense of urgency and binges are common signs that you may need to reevaluate your eating patterns and relationship with food," Miluk explained. But eating regular meals is, somehow, so much harder than it seems, at least for people like eating three meals a day is so hard Sometimes the choice to veer away from the three-meals-a-day schedule is just that -- a choice. But even if you'd love to eat a proper breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, it can be challenging. You can't always control when you get a moment to sit down and eat, or what food options are available. Mental health and stress can also affect appetite. Let's call a spade a spade: Eating is work. Preparing a meal takes physical and mental labor, in addition to time and money. Even the process of figuring out what to eat can feel like an insurmountable obstacle when you have a million other things on your mind. And that's before you account for diet culture, which makes meal times even more fraught and stressful by equating thinness to health, and health to a moral virtue. (If your goal is simply weight loss, meal timing and frequency involves a whole other type of math.) There's a lot of pressure to eat the "right" number and type of meals and cook them all ourselves, using fresh, whole ingredients. On a budget. While working and taking care of loved ones. Easier said than done. Sometimes it's more convenient to… not do all that, and just reach for a snack instead. While the number of people eating three meals a day has gone down over the past several decades, people are eating more calories overall; we're just getting more of those calories from snacks now. In some countries, it's relatively easy to access nutritious food -- and this is key -- that you don't have to cook yourself. Local foodways in Mexico and Ghana, for example, make it easy to walk down the road and get a cheap, fully prepared (and delicious) meal made with local protein and produce, or a bundle of fresh local fruit. Not so in many places in the the idea that you should cook all your meals yourself at home is a relatively recent phenomenon. In the past, only families that had space for a home kitchen and the means to hire help ate home-cooked meals every day. In cities, working-class people ate cooked food from small eateries and street vendors. Communal eating is also a treasured tradition in many cultures, both in the US and across the globe. Three meals a day isn't some magic number; it's just a benchmark to help ensure you're eating enough consistently -- and modern life in this country makes it extremely difficult. So what can you do about it? 3 tips for eating 3 meals First things first: Accept that struggling to cook three meals at home every day is not a personal failing. But you don't necessarily have to wait for sweeping society-wide changes to relieve some of the frustration. Here are some tips that helped me, and might help you, too. 1. Go back to basics As you know by now, three meals a day is not a golden rule. But if you're struggling to eat regular meals at all, Miluk told me she usually advises her clients to prioritize eating three meals a day first and foremost. "When your body doesn't trust that food will be consistently available, it goes into fight-or-flight mode," she explained. A daily meal schedule provides a "solid foundation" that allows you to rebuild trust in your body and reregulate your appetite. That's not to say it'll be smooth sailing. I'm used to skipping lunch by accident or postponing dinner for way too long, and that didn't just go away. But having a clear goal in mind was incredibly helpful. Every time I was able to successfully eat breakfast, lunch and dinner, I learned what it felt like to enjoy life with consistent energy instead of brain fog and hangriness. d3sign/Getty Images 2. Practice nonjudgment Over the years, I've tried a lot of different ways to outsmart myself and get my three meals in. But I can't truly say that I was able to succeed until I finally gave up on trying to always eat the "right" foods, the "right" way. Instead, I focused on what was realistic and convenient for me: How could I get the nutrients that I need, while taking all the barriers in my life into account? By removing any judgment about what your three meals consist of, you may be more likely to actually eat them. For me, that meant adding a meal subscription and meal shakes to my daily routine. For others, it might mean grocery delivery, help with meal prep from your community, canned or prepared foods, food trucks or cheap easy produce (like bananas). Focusing not only on health, but on ease -- even when it meant eating stuff that I felt like I "shouldn't" eat -- changed everything for me. With each day, I remind myself that I'm worth all the money and the effort that it takes to feed myself. I forgive myself for living in a culture and era that doesn't make nourishing my body easy, and I commit to caring for myself in whatever ways I have to despite that. 3. Check in with yourself After you've gotten comfortable with eating three meals a day, according to Miluk, you can focus on tuning into your own body's signals and using the hunger-fullness scale to maintain an eating schedule that works best for you. That means taking into account your food preferences, health needs and values, schedule and accessibility. A professional dietitian can help guide you along this journey, but remember that there is no one-size-fits-all prescription for when or what to eat. "The key to knowing the optimal meal timing for yourself is tuning out the world around you and getting honest with yourself," said Miluk. Westend61/Getty Images Her recommendation for figuring that out is to ask yourself the following questions: How do I feel when I eat breakfast, lunch and dinner consistently versus when I skip a meal? Do my meals and/or snacks sustain me until my next meal or snack? When I go long periods of time without a substantial meal or snack, do I notice any changes in my focus, energy or mood? Do I pay attention to signs from my body for when I am hungry and when I am full? Are there any patterns to my appetite that stand out? Does my appetite stay stable throughout the day or do I find I eat more at certain times of the day? For me, it turns out that eating three meals a day is actually the most feasible way to reach my daily needs while working a 9-to-5 job. Given how often I get hungry and how much I like to eat in one sitting, that's just what makes sense. You might decide that living your best life means eating two ginormous meals as farmers used to, or snacking from morning to night. "Some may consider themselves 'grazers' and there's nothing wrong with that," Miluk assured me. "This is why trusting and tuning into one's own body is more important than any diet rule or handbook on health," she said. "A scientific study could say that eating 12 times a day is the best for longevity, but who does that realistically apply to?"
The Sun
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Rock icon, 73, looks worlds away from 70s superstardom as he grabs coffee in LA
A ROCK icon looked worlds away from his 1970s heyday as he stepped out in Los Angeles. The popular performer left fans stunned as he went for a coffee in a rare public outing. 5 5 5 Aged 73, the rocker was part of a hugely popular band that had a string of popular albums among rock music fans - but do you recognise him? Paul Stanley co-founded the band Kiss with Gene Simmons in the 70s with the group becoming known for their raucous and outlandish antics on the stage. The performer kept it casual for his low-key outing as he was spotted without his trademark Kiss make-up that the band became well known for. He opted for a simple patterned shirt and a pair of light blue denim jeans as he made his way to Starbucks for his regular coffee order. Paul flashed a smile as he made his way back to his car carrying his drinks. You'd be forgiven for not recognising Paul thanks to the star usually sporting heavy theatrical make-up for Kiss. The star and his bandmates previously explained how in the early 70s New York, the glam rock trend was prevalent with many male rock stars choosing to wear make-up to mirror their female counterparts. However, Kiss decided to create their own unique looks after confessing it was "unconvincing" that they could don regular make-up. Speaking of their unique look, Paul's bandmate Gene Simmons recalled: "At the same time that we were forming in New York, there was a very big glitter scene, where boys were basically acting like girls and putting on makeup. "Well, we were more like football players — all of us were over 6 feet tall — and it just wasn't convincing!" DWTS guest judge Gene Simmons slammed for 'creepy' and 'uncomfortable' behavior toward women on live TV Paul is a father-of-four and shares three children with his wife Erin Sutton. Paul and Erin wed in 2005 and shared children Sarah, 15, Colin, 18, and Emily, 13, with her. He also has a son, 30-year-old Evan Stanley, from his failed marriage to first wife, actress Pamela Bowen. Pamela divorced him in 2001 after nine years of marriage. Paul Stanley's career AS well as his time in KISS, Paul has enjoyed some ventures away from the band. Over the course of his career, he has released two solo albums. His first was a self-titled record in 1978 whilst still a member of the rock band and marketed under the look he became famous for in the group. It wasn't until 2006 that he went on to release a second solo record. In 1999, he became a stage performer for the first time when he began appearing in a production of The Phantom of the Opera throughout 1999 in which he closed the show's ten-year run in Toronto, Canada. In 2012, he and bandmate Gene headed into business when, along with the help of three investors, they launched the restaurant chain, Rock & Brews. Paul published his autobiography, Face the Music: A Life exposed, in 2014. 5 5
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Iconic '80s lead singer who was born without an ear looks unrecognizable in rare outing... can you guess who?
Fans of one of the most iconic bands of the '70s and '80s were in for a surprise when the group's legendary frontman stepped out for a rare sighting in Los Angeles on Thursday. The rocker, now 73, kept it low-key in a casual polo shirt and faded jeans, a far cry from the wild makeup and outlandish costumes he once wore as the face of KISS. The icon, who, alongside Gene Simmons, co-founded the groundbreaking band in the 1970s, was spotted flashing a giant smile while picking up a to-go order from Starbucks — a much more subdued moment compared to his onstage antics, which famously included sticking out his tongue and smashing guitars. Longtime followers, however, quickly recognized his signature black, flowing hair — which he has previously admitted he keeps lengthy to cover a congenital deformity. 'I pursued fame as a way to compensate for a lot of insecurities,' he revealed in 2019. 'I was born deaf on my right side and I had a birth defect. I had what's called microtia, which is basically not having an ear — just a crumpled mass of cartilage.' Can you guess the famous rocker? If you said Paul Stanley, you're absolutely right! When KISS burst onto the scene in the 1970s, they weren't just another rock band—they were a spectacle. Their theatrical makeup and larger-than-life personas set them apart from the era's other glam and hard rock acts. 'At the same time that we were forming in New York, there was a very big glitter scene, where boys were basically acting like girls and putting on makeup,' Simmons recalled in a 1996 interview with Porkchops & Applesauce, per Far Out. 'Well, we were more like football players — all of us were over 6 feet tall — and it just wasn't convincing!' Instead of following the glam trend, KISS carved out their own lane, using face paint to create striking, otherworldly alter egos. Simmons became The Demon, Stanley transformed into Starchild, Ace Frehley took on the role of Spaceman, and Peter Criss embodied Catman. The formula was a resounding success: Across four decades and 44 albums, KISS shattered records, selling over 100 million copies worldwide and etching their name into rock history. Their legacy reached an official milestone in 2014 when they earned a coveted spot in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. But their signature style wasn't always polished. 'The very first pictures we took when the band first got together, we looked like drag queens,' Simmons admitted. 'But we knew we wanted to get outlandish.' 'Getting up onstage was almost a holy place for us, like church, so being onstage looking like a bum wasn't my idea of respect,' Simmons explained. 'That's where the makeup and dressing up came in. It would have obviously been a lot easier to get up onstage in jeans and t-shirts and go, 'Okay, here we are — we're the Ramones!' And that would have been just as valid, but it would not have been honest.' The band's signature looks weren't meticulously planned—they were born from instinct. 'I just remember being in a loft in downtown New York and looking in the mirror and just starting to draw,' Simmons recalled. 'It was very stream-of-consciousness. What you see is really what just happened... Nobody else was involved.' While the makeup became their signature, KISS stunned the world in 1983 by appearing in an MTV interview completely unmasked. 'To me, it doesn't feel all that different because I've seen these guys more often without makeup than I have with makeup,' Stanley said at the time. 'Everybody hated it,' Simmons later admitted, according to Yahoo. 'People didn't want the paint to come off, but you know what? Tough. It had to happen.' Their grand return to makeup and full costume came on February 28, 1996, when the original four members made a surprise appearance at the Grammys—fully decked out for the first time in 17 years. Despite decades of speculation about who first introduced the idea of the makeup, Simmons recently reflected on the band's evolution in a June 2024 appearance on Steve-O's Wild Ride! podcast. 'Nobody who was ever in KISS can ever lay claim to saying, "I've got a brilliant idea, everybody should put on makeup. Let's wear more makeup and higher heels than your mommy ever did." Nobody did, it just happened,' Simmons explained. Stanley shares Sarah with his wife Erin Sutton, whom he married in 2005, and together they also have two younger children, 13-year-old Emily and 18-year-old Colin. He is also father to Evan Stanley, 30, from his previous marriage to actress Pamela Bowen.
The Guardian
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Mick Ralphs obituary
In 1974, Bad Company hurtled to the top of the US chart with their eponymous debut album, which also reached No 3 in the UK. Featuring former members of Free, Mott the Hoople and King Crimson, they were rock's latest supergroup, their pedigree confirmed by the fact that they shared a manager with Led Zeppelin, the formidable Peter Grant. Bad Company was also the first act signed to Zeppelin's Swan Song label. While the singer Paul Rodgers was the voice of Bad Company, the band's guitarist and songwriter Mick Ralphs, who has died aged 81, was a vital ingredient in its success. Though modest about his own accomplishments, he was a versatile and skilful guitarist who could play anything from crunching power chords to delicate acoustic picking, and was also a major songwriting contributor. He wrote their debut hit, Can't Get Enough, a swaggering rocker that became the band's trademark, and also the follow-up, Movin' On, a Top 20 success in the US. His composition Ready for Love, also on the debut album, had originally appeared on his previous band Mott the Hoople's album All the Young Dudes. Good Lovin' Gone Bad, from Bad Company's second album Straight Shooter, was a Top 40 hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1975. The Rodgers/Ralphs composition Feel Like Makin' Love, also from Straight Shooter, reached 20 on the UK chart and 10 in the US. Bad Company's first three albums all reached the US and UK Top Five, and after a slight falling-off in sales with Burnin' Sky (1977), they scored another blockbuster with Desolation Angels (1979). The group disbanded after the release of Rough Diamonds (1982), with Ralphs commenting: 'Bad Company had become bigger than us all and to continue would have destroyed someone or something.' In 1986, Ralphs and Simon Kirke formed a new Bad Company, with Brian Howe as lead vocalist, and enjoyed some commercial success, particularly with the album Holy Water (1990). From 1994 until 1998, yet another version of the group featured Robert Hart as lead vocalist, but by then the original Bad Company magic had largely dissipated. Outside the group, Ralphs released the solo albums Take This (1984), the live album It's All Good (2001) and That's Life (2003), and made two albums with the Mick Ralphs Blues Band, I Should Know Better (2013) and If It Ain't Broke (2016). Also in 1984 he was part of David Gilmour's touring band, promoting Gilmour's solo album About Face. He became friendly with George Harrison (they were neighbours in Henley-on-Thames) and they co-wrote the song Flying Hour. This was released in 1988, on an EP included with copies of the limited edition book Songs By George Harrison. Ralphs was born in Stoke Lacy in Herefordshire. 'I'm a country boy,' he would say later. 'Originally from Herefordshire, where the cattle come from.' He began his music career in his teens, and recalled being inspired by the Booker T & the MGs' hit Green Onions. He initially played in a blues-rock band, the Buddies, who released an album in Italy, recorded during a residency at an Italian nightclub. He then joined the Doc Thomas Group, which featured the bass player Peter Overend Watts and the drummer Terry Griffin. For a time the group were known as Silence, now featuring Verden Allen on organ. With the aid of Dave Mason, the guitarist with Traffic, Ralphs got in touch with Island Records' producer and A&R man Guy Stevens, who auditioned them in early 1969. He wanted to sign them, but was not impressed by their vocalist Stan Tippins. Ian Hunter was recruited in his place (with Tippins becoming the band's road manager), and the band became Mott the Hoople, the name taken from a novel by Willard Manus. Ralphs stayed with the group until late 1973, and was a regular contributor to the songwriting, but grew frustrated by their lack of success. 'We never made any money, but we were out there having a hell of a good time, and that was all that mattered,' he told Guitar Player magazine. 'But we got to the point where we were disillusioned inasmuch as we were working our asses off and not really getting anywhere.' When their fourth album, Brain Capers (1971), flopped, Hoople were on the brink of splitting up when they were saved by David Bowie, who presented them with his song All the Young Dudes. 'That was our salvation, really,' said Ralphs. 'It was a big hit in England and America, putting the group on the map.' Bowie produced the single and its similarly-titled parent album, which reached No 21 in the UK. The follow-up album, Mott (1973), went bigger still, in Britain and the US, but Ralphs was becoming disillusioned. 'We got so closely associated with David Bowie that we couldn't get away from that,' he said. 'It was like we were tagged a glitter group.' Ralphs was also becoming disgruntled at the way Hoople were treating his own songs. 'I had songs like Can't Get Enough and Movin' On, which were never used with Mott because Ian Hunter couldn't sing them,' he said. 'They were just not his style.' Fortuitously, he had met just the man to sing those songs. This was Rodgers, whose bluesy, soulful voice had been the trademark of Free and their worldwide hit All Right Now. Free had split up and Rodgers had been performing with the band Peace, but he and Ralphs quickly struck up a strong musical partnership, and found that between them they had a dozen or more songs they had written but which had not been used. They recruited Free's former drummer Kirke and the bass player Boz Burrell (previously with King Crimson), and named their new band Bad Company, after one of Rodgers's songs. In the 21st century, assorted iterations of Bad Company featuring the trio of Ralphs, Rodgers and Kirke once again took to the road, touring in Britain and the US in 2009-10. In 2013 Bad Company joined Lynyrd Skynyrd for a joint 40th anniversary tour. However, after a Bad Company show at the O2 Arena in London in 2016, Ralphs suffered a severe stroke that left him in a nursing home until the end of his life. Nonetheless he was able to express his pleasure at the news that Bad Company are due to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in November 2025. He is survived by his second wife, Susie Chavasse, by two sons, Ben and Jim, from his first marriage, which ended in divorce, and by three stepchildren. Michael Geoffrey Ralphs, musician and songwriter, born 31 March 1944; died 23 June 2025
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Legendary '60s Rock Band Released a Song 45 Years Ago That Led to Their Split
Legendary '60s Rock Band Released a Song 45 Years Ago That Led to Their Split originally appeared on Parade. It's been 45 years since Pink Floyd released 'Comfortably Numb,' a track that ultimately symbolized the beginning of the band's breakup. On November 30, 1979, 'Comfortably Numb' was first released on the multi-platinum U.K. album The Wall. The track explores the growing disconnect between a singer and his audience — and, ironically, it became the last song the band ever performed together. The creation of 'Comfortably Numb' revealed creative tensions within the group. David Gilmour once described the song as 'my music, his words,' while Roger Waters minimized Gilmour's role, saying he only 'gave me a chord sequence.' Producer Bob Ezrin explained that the iconic track started as a Gilmour demo. "At first, Roger had not planned to include any of Dave's material, but we had things that needed filling in,' he told Guitar World. 'I fought for this song and insisted that Roger work on it. My recollection is that he did so grudgingly. He came back with this spoken-word verse and a lyric in the chorus that to me still stands out as one of the greatest ever written," he added. While some fans interpret the song as being about drugs, it actually stemmed from a terrifying onstage experience and a childhood memory of Waters. Before a 1977 concert in Philadelphia, Waters' doctor misdiagnosed a stomach ailment and gave him a muscle relaxant that left him 'almost insensible.' 'I remember having the flu or something, an infection with a temperature of 105 and being delirious,' Waters reportedly told Mojo. Though Waters struggled silently during the performance, the audience remained unaware. The band played on, while Waters felt completely alienated from the show — inspiring the theme of 'Comfortably Numb.' After its release, Pink Floyd shared two early studio versions: one toned down, favored by Gilmour, and another with a rising orchestra, preferred by Waters. The idea was to merge both versions, but that proved difficult. "That's all we could do without somebody 'winning' and somebody 'losing,'" Waters told Musician magazine. "And of course, who 'lost,' if you like, was the band – because it was clear at that point that we didn't feel the same way about music." While the song was a massive success, Gilmour told Guitar World that it marked the beginning of the end. It was 'really the last embers of Roger and my ability to work collaboratively together.' The band continued for a few more years amid growing turmoil. By 1985, Waters left over creative differences, while the remaining members carried on. It wasn't until 2005 that the original lineup reunited for Live 8, 24 years after their last performance together. They closed their set with 'Comfortably Numb' — a fitting farewell. Legendary '60s Rock Band Released a Song 45 Years Ago That Led to Their Split first appeared on Parade on Jun 24, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 24, 2025, where it first appeared.
