Who Needs Lunch?

Though lunch is standard fare in modern society, it was not so for our prehistoric ancestors.  In Loren Cordain's latest Paleo Diet newsletter, he mentions that for hunter-gatherers, "lunch was rarely or never consumed".   

To this end, I have been experimenting with skipping lunch several days each week.  Whereas I used to always each lunch seven days a week, now I eat lunch only about three days a week.  I eat lunch on days when I'm feeling hungry, and just skip it the rest of the time.

After making the change, I've learned that in the past I may have been eating lunch out of habit, not because I was actually hungry.  I've also noticed how tired some of my co-workers are after coming back from eating big lunches.  A lot of times it seems my energy  levels are higher when I skip lunch than compared to when I eat it.

I could go all the way and just never eat lunch, but I think the way you've eaten your whole life programs your body to some degree.   I've been consistently eating lunch for decades now, so I think my body "expects" it to some degree.  Maybe over time I will phase out lunch, but for now a gradual change seems wiser.  Hopefully this change will yield some positive health benefits.