{"id":21967,"date":"2025-02-11T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T10:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=21967"},"modified":"2025-02-11T10:30:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T10:30:49","slug":"should-dinner-be-the-smallest-meal-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=21967","title":{"rendered":"Should Dinner Be the Smallest Meal of the Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Q:<\/strong> I\u2019ve heard that it\u2019s bad for dinner to be your biggest meal of the day. Is that true?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The maxim has been around for decades: \u201cEat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper.\u201d It\u2019s not bad advice, experts say. It\u2019s also the opposite of how most people in the United States eat, with dinner often being the largest meal of the day.<\/p>\n

Marta Garaulet, a professor of physiology at the University of Murcia in Spain, spends several months a year in the United States. She has noticed that many Americans are often so busy that they don\u2019t have time to eat a substantial meal until the evening. It\u2019s a striking contrast to eating habits in Spain (and other European countries<\/a>), where lunch is typically the largest meal. A traditional dinner is light, consisting of something like vegetable or fish soup, a slice of bread with cheese, and a salad.<\/p>\n

Scientists are still untangling how meal size and timing might affect health. But they do know one thing: It\u2019s probably best to avoid making dinner your largest meal, Dr. Garaulet said.<\/p>\n