Three meals per day has been so ingrained in western (and other cultures) for so long that it seems like it might be a biological requirement for humans. But we also know that food was not so easy to come by for our ancestors. We unpack the history of the three meals per day tradition.

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Links and References:

1. https://www.emetabolic.com/locations/centers/castle-rock/blog/healthy-living/why_do_we_eat_three_meals_a_day/#:~:text=The%20three%20meals%20per%20day,when%20you're%20not%20hungry.
2. https://daily.jstor.org/why-do-americans-eat-three-meals-a-day/
3. https://www.lacucinaitaliana.com/trends/news/why-do-we-eat-three-times-a-day?refresh_ce=
4. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20243692
5. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/03/your-weird-pandemic-meals-are-probably-fine/618210/
6. https://www.medicaldaily.com/how-3-meals-day-became-rule-and-why-we-should-be-eating-whenever-we-get-hungry-324892
7. https://www.perspectivesmcgill.com/allposts/2023/5/2/decolonizing-diets-eating-three-meals-a-day-and-its-colonial-implications
8. https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy-eating/eat-smart/nutrition-basics/is-3-meals-a-day-the-only-way
9. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220412-should-we-be-eating-three-meals-a-day
10. https://www.raptitude.com/2022/04/the-myth-of-three-meals-a-day/
11. https://recipes.howstuffworks.com/biological-reason-to-eat-three-meals-day.htm?srch_tag=dfxqw23a6dxyxcyzunlyo64x6fybh3fs
12. https://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/ingredients/article/the-etymology-of-food-and-meal
13. https://foodandnutrition.org/blogs/stone-soup/meal-frequency-around-world-can-learn-cultures/

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