Imperial College, London's research seems to suggest that we should eat nine meals a day, if we are to cut cholesterol and lose weight! Research by University of Athens on 2000 children, too seems to support the idea of many small meals a day.
But the Indian traditional science of health and longevity (called 'AyurvEda') has the following Sanskrit maxim: 'Eka bhuktE mahA yogi, dvi bhuktE mahA bhOgI, tribhuktE mahA rOgI'.
English, approximate equivalent: One who eats once a day is a great sage. One who eats twice a day, is a connoisseur and epicurean. One who eats thrice a day is a diseased person.
Additional notes: Eating few times a day, does not mean, that we should load our belly, like a jute sac, with food stuffs. Ayurveda prescribes a limit: Half of stomach's volume should go for food, another one fourth water and the remaining one fourth must accommodate air. It means, we can only half-fill our stomach.
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