By 2003, most people were eating five to six times a day. That is, three meals a day plus two to three snacks in between. The average time between meals has dropped 30 percent, from 271 minutes to 208 minutes. The balance between the fed state (insulin dominant) and the fasted state (insulin deficient) has been completely destroyed. (See Figure 10.2.) We now spend most of our time in the fed state. Is it any great mystery that we’re gaining weight?
