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Chapter 5: Strategic EatingChapter 5: Strategic Eating
Portion Sizing and Meal Timing 
In addition to cycling the kinds of foods you eat and the amounts, it is also useful
to pay some attention to portion sizing and meal timing.
Both bodybuilders and diabetics have learned that the body functions much
better with more frequent, smaller meals. When you eat fewer, larger meals, the
body is overwhelmed by processing all the calories in a large meal and will
readily store the extra calories as fat. In addition, the typical person can only
absorb 20-45 grams of protein every 3 hours, so any additional protein intake is
converted to fat and not utilized to build additional lean muscle.
Our goal with the Theta*Genix program is simple:
 On high protein days, eat 5 meals per day, approximately 3 hours apart
 On high carb days, eat 6 meals per day, approximately 2.5 hours apart
Even if you don't want to start using the calorie cycling and macro-nutrient
breakdowns right away in your life, you might try eating smaller, more frequent
meals as a step towards a healthier lifestyle.
Optimization: Eat your first meal as soon as possible after getting up in the
morning. (The exception to this is if you are exercising first thing in the morning.)
Calorie Guidelines 
For those who are really serious about weight release and body transformation,
calorie guidelines are provided below, but remember that the types of foods are
just as important – if not more important – than the exact number of calories!
The numbers below assume you are at approximately 20% body fat for men, and
25% for women. Because fat is not metabolically active, those with higher levels
of body fat will need fewer calories than a person of the same weight with less
body fat and more lean muscle.
Note that the figures below are ideal, and it always more important to find portion
sizes that you are comfortable with over the long term! For some people the
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