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Eating frequent small meals
Allows for quicker and easier digestion to decrease the amount of food in the stomach at one time. This decreases nausea and vomiting.
Dr. Jeff Livingston reviewed this
24 year experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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A 38-year old asked:
Explain to me how eating frequent small meals helps you lose weight better than fasting?
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A 49-year old asked:
Could eating smaller more frequent meals speed up metabolism?
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A 44-year old female asked:
Will i lose weight by eating 3 small meals a day?
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A 26-year old female asked:
My 3.5year old is small-30 lbs& has been picky w/ food, not eating 3 meals, only wants snacks or junk. What can I do to stop her f/ losing weight?
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A 23-year old male asked:
I've been fasting for one month, eating only one small meal a day, while doing cardio. Why is my fat percentage still going up?
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A 38-year old female asked:
I've been juicing and eating full meals to stop because my stool was mushy. Now it's very small even though I eat three time a day for the last week. ?
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A 43-year old female asked:
Can a mild (non life threatening) Mallory Weiss tear lead to esophagitis? So, if there was a small tear and then laying down after eating a big meal wouldnt have cause esophogitis but since there might have been a small tear its perfect storm?
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A 34-year old male asked:
Heart palpitations after eating. Doesnt seem to matter what the food is or the size of the meal. Heart also feels like it is pounding even at rest. Can visually see small pulse in stomach when sitting or supine. Normal stress and echo. Please help?
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A 33-year old male asked:
My 10 weeks baby, recently started bringing food back after eating in small amounts. Today he has actually thrown up a whole meal, please assist.
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A 23-year old female asked:
What causes frequent urination and a big stomach after eating a small meal accompained by pains?
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A 24-year old male asked:
24y/o male. Can cabergoline for macro prolactinoma make you feel full after eating only small meals/loss of apetite? Thanks!
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A 35-year old female asked:
Every time I eat despite it being a small bland meal or drink anything, I get extreme tiredness and slight nausea 30 within 30 mins after eating.
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A male asked:
I weigh 264 lbs and i wanna go on a juice diet so how much juice should I drink a day i tried eating nutritional food like a lot of fiber, small meals but it seem not to work.
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A 28-year old female asked:
I always have bloating directly after eating even in small meal or snack whatever food kind&sometimes have acute constipation.Even in fasting i had it?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Sharp sometimes pressure pain under RT front rib that travels down towards ovaries. Comes & goes. Noticeable after eating small lite meal. No fever. ?
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A 36-year old male asked:
I have acid reflux bad. On prevacid (lansoprazole) (helping somewhat). I'm having problems eating more than a couple small meals and i'm weak with a headache. How to keep my calories up without throwing up?
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A 29-year old male asked:
I changed my diet. Eating small meals every 3 hrs comprising complex carbs and protein. Since then suffering frm excess flatulence and stool leakage.?
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A 18-year old female asked:
After eating a small meal of apple, carrots, light low calorie bread, and one piece of fake meat. I fell asleep 30 minutes later for a half an hour or so. Weill i gain weight or will i be ok?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Symptoms: distended belly Pain around belly button, nausea and extreme fullness after eating small meal Fix me doc!
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A 31-year old male asked:
I did endoscopy, there is no stomach ulcer and h.pylori but I still feel fullness after eating small meal. What is the cause and solutions please????
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A 26-year old female asked:
Is there anything I can get to increase my appitite I only manage to eat 1 small meal a day sometimes I don't eat at all I just don't feel hungry?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Almost every time I eat I get choked!! It doesn't matter how small of bite or how much I chew I get choked at least once during every meal! Why??
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A 31-year old male asked:
I have gastritis after i eat even small meals i feel super full is that normal?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Is it best too eat three large meals or three small meals for breakfast launch dinner?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Frustrated n confuse. Should i eat small meals every 3-4 hrs or should I eat 3 large meals?
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A 41-year old asked:
Please tell me if it is okay to eat a small portion meal while on the juice diet or in order for best fast result should it just be strictly juice?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I may have swallowed small pieces of porcelain with my meal. Should I be concerned? Not sure, I found a few small pieces toward the end of my meal..
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A 22-year old female asked:
I'm never hungry, I eat small meals when I do eat, I have 3 kids so I barely exercise, and I eat sensibly(no junk). Yet losing weight is impossible?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Is it normal for Metformin to give me no appetite at all? Im lucky to manage even one small meal a day. Im really struggling to eat as I feel so ill
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A 52-year old female asked:
I think I have put my body into starvation mode. I generally eat nothing or 1 small meal a day. I have very high cloresterol. Now am gaining weight. ?
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