Ayurveda Tips: Eat These Foods At Night For A Healthy You!

What we eat affects our body and mind, a fact we all are aware of. But the timings of our, meals are equally important, did you know that? Breakfast is called the kind meal, Lunch is supposed to be the queen's meal and Dinner is supposed to be that of a pauper. Now that is how it is meant to be but many of us tend to skip dinner as we feel that eating at night will make us fat. However, as per Ayurveda, the night meal is one thing that you need to be very careful about. It is the last meal of the day, which is why it is important to have it at the correct time and eat the right thing which does some good for our body. 

There are a few foods you must avoid eating at night because of the imbalance in the kapha dosha, it creates. Now, this is no rocket science as consumption of some dishes is obviously harmful like junk food, oily food, nonvegetarian items, frozen food, heavy-to-digest food, curd, or ice cream. They are harmful anyway but at the night time you for sure do not need these. Even if you eat them, try to have them in less or limited quantities. If you do continue to eat them then this is what will happen: 

• Cough and cold.
• Weight gain.
• Vomiting sensation.
• Indigestion.
• Excessive salivation in the morning.
• Allergies.

What To Eat At Night?

• Eat food that is easy to digest at night.
• The food should be healthy and try sticking to a low-carb diet for easy digestion.
• If you have the habit of eating curd at night, replace it with buttermilk.
• Opt for chapatis over rice since chapatis are easy and quicker to digest.

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• Do not overstuff yourself.
• Eat in limited quantities
• Try to include more of dal, green leafy vegetables, curry leaves, and ginger in your meal.
• Cut down on the intake of salt.
• Try to include spices in your food.
• Reduce the sugar intake and replace it with honey.
• If you have the habit of drinking milk before you sleep, prefer low-fat milk.
• Always boil the milk before drinking it.

   

Chances are that eating at night makes you fat. An obvious fact being that the body does not perform any physical activity at night, it requires less energy. Therefore when you eat at night that too in large quantities, the energy that is produced from the food gets stored in the body in the form of fat.