Pulses of insulin (mealtimes) are followed by a long fasting period (sleep), as illustrated in Figure 10.1. However, the situation changes entirely when we are constantly exposed to insulin. What would happen if daily eating opportunities are increased from three to six—which is exactly what’s happened since the 1970s. Moms everywhere knew that eating snacks all the time was a bad idea: “It’ll make you fat”; “You’ll ruin your dinner.” But nutritional authorities have now decided that snacking is actually good for us. That eating more often will make us thinner, as ridiculous as that sounds.
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