Would we all be better if we did not hold to the custom of having to have a variety in three meals a day?

By that I mean that perhaps a single dish meal is better able to nourish with it's content. Multi course meals cause us to eat more. There are exceptions, as when preparing a garden salad, stew, or soup. a lot of us will want a 'meat' of some sort with every meal and have become spoiled to tradition.