Want to lose weight? Eat more. As a general rule, you should never allow yourself to become hungry. Just like feeling thirsty means that you've waited too long and the earliest signs of dehydration¹ are setting in, being hungry means that you've waited too long to eat since your last meal and your body is in need of nourishment². Allowing this to happen time and time again will slow your metabolism³ down, down, d-o-w-n ..

想减肥吗？多吃点就行了。有一条普遍准则说，你永远不要让自己饿着。感到渴了，表示你已经等了好久，而且已经出现了脱水的前兆；感到饿了，表示距离你上顿吃东西已经过了很久，你的身体需要营养了。如果放任这种情况一次次出现，你的新陈代谢会越来越慢，越来越慢……Does this, then, mean that it's okay to eat Burger King or Taco Bell five or six times per day? Believe me, I'm right there with you -- I wish it did. But of course it doesn't。

这是不是说，我们可以每天吃五六餐汉堡王(Burger King)或者Taco Bell(一种墨西哥玉米卷，跟KFC一样是连锁店)？相信我吧，我已经试过了——我希望可以这么吃。但实际上不可以。

What it means is that if you eat 5 to 6 small, healthy meals and snacks throughout the day, you will lose weight over time. a Framingham Nutrition Study has found that women who consume 400 more calories per day and eat healthier are two-and-a-half times less likely to have an excess of abdominal⁴ fat than women who take in fewer calories but consume more saturated⁵ fat and less fiber⁶。

这样做才是正确的：每天吃五六顿量不大却健康的正餐或小吃，这样过一段时间，你就能瘦下来。一项Framingham营养研究发现，每天摄取400多卡路里且饮食健康的女性，与每天摄取更少卡路里但多饱和脂肪少纤维的女性相比，后者腹部肥胖的几率比前者多2.5倍。