囧研究: 一日三餐真的好嗎？

Eating three meals a day is as much a part of our routine as getting up in the Morning and going to sleep in the evening.
一日三餐就如同每天早上起牀和晚上睡覺一樣成爲了我們生活的一部分。

Now, experts have warned eating breakfast, lunch and dinner may be damaging our health.
現在，專家們已經警告吃早餐、午餐和晚餐可能會損害到我們的健康。

In fact, there is no evidence eating three square meals a day is beneficial to the body’s needs for energy, the website Mother Jones reports.
網站“Mother Jones”報道稱，事實上，沒有任何證據證明一日三餐對我們一天所需的能量有益處。

In fact, skipping meals and fasting could actually be better for health than sticking to rigid eating patterns.
事實上，少食和禁食可能會比嚴格按照形式上進餐對我們的身體會好一些。

Whether a person eats three large meals a day or six smaller ones makes no difference to their overall calorie count, a 2010 study published in the British journal of Nutrition found.
2010年發表在英國營養雜誌上的研究發現，不論一個人一天是吃三餐還是少食多六餐對他們整天的卡路里都沒有什麼區別。

Researchers found no weight or hormonal differences between the two groups.
研究人員發現在這兩組人員中沒有體重和荷爾蒙的區別。

Last year, a University of Warwick study found no difference between women who ate two meals a day and another group that ate five.
去年，華威大學的研究發現一組女性一天吃兩餐和另一組一天吃五餐沒有太多的區別。

Advocates of the 5:2 diet, which involves limiting food to just 500 calories on two days a week, say denying the body food leads to weight loss, a longer lifespan and lower blood pressure.
提倡者們的日常飲食比例是5:2，這就涉及到一週兩天限制飲食只有500卡路里，這就否定了飲食導致體重變輕，更長的壽命和低血壓。

Similarly, a University of Southern California study published last year found fasting for two to four days every six months forces the body into survival mode, using up stores of fat and sugar and breaking down old cells.
相類似的一項研究，去年南加州大學的研究發現每六個月禁食兩到四天能強制身體有生存模式，耗盡身體儲存的脂肪和糖分，分解老細胞。

This caused the body's entire immune system to regenerate, providing better protection against infection and disease, experts said.
專家說，這樣會讓身體的整個免疫系統再重生，提供更好的保護來反抗侵染性疾病。