The body needs food for energy every two to four hours. You may need three meals and one to two snacks per day. If you wait more than four hours between meals, you may experience a low-blood-sugar reaction, characterized by symptoms such as cravings for sweets, shaking, irritability, dizziness and headaches. Waiting too long to eat also makes you more likely to overeat, which will leave you feeling 'stuffed.'
 
Tip by Heather Fisher, MS, RD, LD.

This article originally appeared in the May 2008 issue of AAKP Diet Tips & Bits.