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Researchers found that middle-aged and older adults who ate frequently throughout the day had lower LDL "bad" cholesterol levels compared with those who tended to down one or two large meals per day. This was despite the fact that the frequent eaters, on average, had a higher calorie and fat intake.

The team found a reduction of approximately 5% in concentrations of total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in men and women who eat six or more times a day compared with those who eat once or twice a day.

Findings showed that participants' total cholesterol counts declined as their eating frequency increased. Those who ate at least five or six times a day had the lowest total cholesterol, on average, while the highest measurements were found among those who dined only once or twice a day. The same pattern showed up for LDL ("bad") cholesterol.

The more than 14,600 male and female subjects studied who were aged 45 to 75 were part of a larger cancer study. They were asked about their current eating habits and activity levels, and had their cholesterol levels, blood pressure and weight recorded.

The results however showed that frequent eaters did nothave higher levels of "good" HDL cholesterol, which is believed to help protect the heart from disease. Yet the findings are biologically plausible. As for humans it could also be that frequent eaters metabolize what they eat rather differently than infrequent eaters, added the British Medical Journal (December 1, 2001;323:1286-1288).