When you are hungry, you can’t see anything except food, and if you don’t eat, the brain stops working first. Therefore, people ignore the right time to eat and focus on eating when they feel hungry. Whereas according to the National Institute of Ayurveda, our body is not a machine, but a part of nature. To keep it in order, the rhythm of the sun should be respected instead of medicines or strict diet.

In fact, the body works according to the sun clock. Centuries old Ayurveda has been teaching that the time of eating should not be decided by the clock, but by sunrise and sunset. When we eat with the sun, the digestive system becomes stronger and the body starts healing itself from within.

Ignoring the sun is the root cause of diseases
Nowadays we live according to the clock, due to which the body follows the sun. When we eat heavy food even after sunset, it puts a burden on the digestive system and many diseases start occurring. The basic mantra of Ayurveda is – eat when the sun is bright; When the sun sets, rest. By adopting this simple rule, people can remain healthy without any strict diet.

Every meal should be different
Breakfast
According to Ayurveda, there are three main times of the day and food should be different at each time. Start the morning with light and simple food. As soon as the sun rises, the digestive fire in the body starts burning slowly, hence do not eat heavy or fried food. Instead, take foods like turmeric milk, poha, upma, idli, poha, fruits or light porridge. These give relief to the stomach, increase energy and keep you fresh throughout the day.

Lunch
After this, afternoon time is most important. When the sun is highest, the fire of digestion burns the brightest. Ayurveda says that lunch should be the most nutritious and rich one. At this time you can eat pulses-rice, roti-vegetables, sambar-rice, khichdi with ghee. Heavy and nutritious food is digested only in the afternoon, because Agni is strong.

dinner
As the sun sets in the evening, the body slows down. The digestive fire weakens, so dinner should be light and easily digestible. Soup, khichdi, moong dal, soft vegetables, curd-rice or light roti-sabzi are good options. Eating heavy, fried, spicy or very sweet food causes problems at night – like indigestion, heaviness, insomnia or weight gain.

Strong hunger at night means trouble
It is also said in Ayurveda that the common advice like ‘eat whenever you feel hungry’ is wrong. The time of hunger is associated with the sun. One should feel light hunger in the morning, strong hunger in the afternoon and very less hunger in the evening. If you are feeling more hungry in the evening, it means that your eating habits during the day are wrong.