Quote Originally Posted by Raistlin View Post
While it is true that many nutritionists do argue that eating more, smaller (as in, lower calories) meals is healthier, the physical size of the food does not factor into that calculation.
The hand thing is a general measure of the size of one's unstretched stomach. The principle behind it being that you don't need more food than exactly enough to top you up. The problem with rule of thumb being that everyone has different thumbs.

The 5-6 meals a day thing is about improving one's metabolism. It's generally accepted that that sort of system will provide an efficient metabolism across the board. However, this only really comes into play for professional sports types, because the whole point of being a professional sportsman is that you are running at maximum capacity in every regard. The typical pleb who just does less than a dozen hours exercise a week and is other fairly sedentary doesn't need to worry about this.

Anyways, if you wanna stay fuller for longer, eat more fat. As Vivi said, chuck in some eggs or something with your toast.