The 3+3 Meal Pattern

This communication reviews the 3 + 3 meal pattern, a pillar of conventional nutritional therapy. It describes the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges of this type of therapy, and lists indications for its promotion. These can be classified as diagnosis based, disease based, treatment based, temperament based, and responsibilitybased indications. The authors call for renewed focus on this mode of medical nutrition management.