“Every body is different — hunger and metabolism vary for everyone, and there’s a lot that needs to be taken into account when it comes to figuring out what works best for each person,” says Mandy Enright, RDN, the FOOD + MOVEMENT® Dietitian and author of 30-Minute Weight Loss Cookbook: 100+ Quick and Easy Recipes for Sustainable Weight Loss. “The number of meals we eat in a day depends on a lot of factors including our schedules, activity level, energy status and, most importantly, hunger.”
As a rule, a meal typically includes a mix of produce, proteins and grains or starches, Enright notes. It likely fits on a 10-inch dinner plate. A snack is a mini meal. It likely fits on a 6- to 7-inch side plate.
“There are a lot of clients I’ve encountered over the years who don’t like to eat a lot at a meal and find that eating smaller meals more frequently works better for them,” says Enright, who also has a master's degree in nutrition education. “Other clients find that eating three main meals plus a snack or two in their day works best for them. There really is no one-size-fits-all approach to eating.”
If you're wondering where the uniform default of three-squares-a-day comes from (I sure was), credit (or blame) European settlers who brought the habit to the New World.
“The eating style of the English settlers was contrary to Native Americans at the time who ate when they were hungry,” Enright says. “Europeans believed they were being more civilized by having boundaries around their meals compared to the natives they encountered.”
Welp, as far as I can tell, forcing ourselves to fit a mold of any kind has never proved well.
That said, Enright suggests paying mind to 3 guidelines, which are in step with suggestions from the nutrition arms of several well-respected medical schools:
Alter Eco Organic Dark Chocolate Bombs Hazelnut Butter Description
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Restores Forests
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2g Net Carbs Per Serving
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9 - Individually Wrapped Bombs
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USDA Organic
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Fair Trade Certified
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Gluten Free
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Non-GMO
Chocolate Bomb - Hazelnut Butter
Clean keto chocolate is here. These satisfying treats are made with decadent dark chocolate, hazelnut butter, and no chemical sweeteners. Plus, there are only 2 net carbs per bomb.
Free Of
GMOs, gluten, sugar alcohols, emulsifiers, preservatives, peanuts, pesticides.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 2 Pieces (24 g)
Servings per Container: 4.5
| Amount Per Serving | % Daily Value | |
| Calories | 160 | |
| Total Fat | 14 g | 18% |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g | 40% |
| Trans Fat | 0 g | |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg | 0% |
| Sodium | 0 mg | 0% |
| Total Carbohydrate | 8 g | 3% |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g | 14% |
| Total Sugars | 3 g | |
| Includes Added Sugars | 2 g | 4% |
| Protein | 1 g | 0% |
| Vitamin D | 0 mcg | 0% |
| Calcium | 0 mg | 0% |
| Iron | 0.7 mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 70 mg | 2% |
Other Ingredients: Organic cacao beans, organic cocoa butter, organic hazelnut butter, organic agave fiber, organic coconut oil, organic raw can sugar, organic butterfat, natural flavor, organic vanilla beans.
Contains: hazelnuts, coconut, milk. May contain: almonds, soy. Individuals who are allergic to these should not consume this product.
Contains: hazelnuts, coconut, milk. May contain: almonds, soy. Individuals who are allergic to these should not consume this product.
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