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Is it possible to shrink the stomach by eating only small meals?

April 26, 2017eating MEALS possible shrink small Stomach

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Is it possible to shrink the stomach by eating only small meals?

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I wonder if this would be the same effect as stomach surgery for weight reduction. — T.R. ANSWER: The stomach shrinks when it’s empty and expands after a meal. It can hold as much as 1 to 1.5 liters (about 1 to 1.5 quarts). Constantly underfilling the stomach shrinks it, but it expands as soon as you increase the amount of food. You’re not likely to obtain a perpetually smaller stomach by eating smaller amounts. The stomach retains its potential to stretch. And you’re not likely ever to attain the small size of a stomach that’s been surgically altered. DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I attended a lecture on lowering cholesterol through proper eating. The speaker said that shrimp is safe to eat. It doesn’t raise cholesterol. I was sure that shrimp has a fairly high cholesterol count, and I looked it up. It does. Three ounces of shrimp, about 15 pieces, have 166 mg of cholesterol. Was the speaker wrong? — L.B. ANSWER: Shrimp has very little to no saturated fat. Even though its cholesterol count is on