"Early Dinner for Better Health? Tips from Experts"

  Is having dinner at 5 pm the secret to good health? Expert reveals benefits, tips and more

 

Benefits of having an early dinner  at 5 pm 

 

In today's fast-paced world where late dinners have become the norm, many question the practicality of having an early dinner, especially for professionals with a 9-to-5 work schedule. However, celebrities like Anushka Sharma advocate a surprising solution: having dinner at 5 pm. Anushka's early dinner started out of convenience for her daughter Vamika, but it soon turned into a lifestyle change that has brought unexpected benefits.  To explore the impact of this change on our health, we spoke to Dimple Jangda, a renowned Ayurvedic health consultant and gut health expert. Jangda believes that adjusting your meal times can significantly improve your overall health. "Eating dinner at 5pm is probably the best thing you can do for your gut health, your skin and hair, your mental health and your spiritual well-being," she explains. 

 

5pm Dinner – Health Tips 

 "Eating early takes advantage of the available digestive juices and metabolic fire that are strong from sunrise to sunset," 

This timing allows our bodies to  process food efficiently before  digestive function naturally slows down after sunset. Janda warns that "food eaten after sunset can remain in your intestines all night, spoiling, producing gas, and causing a variety of problems, including morning fatigue and digestive issues." 

Switch to dinner at 5 p.m. 

 Janda suggests taking small steps to help your family adjust to  earlier mealtimes. "On the off chance that you eat dinner at 8 p.m., delay your dinner time by an hour and start serving dinner at 7 p.m.   Your family will gather at the dinner table earlier. After a few days, you'll be able to serve a hot meal at 5 p.m., allowing guests to feel full later in the evening." 

To ease the transition, Janda recommends preparing meals in advance around  noon, getting family members involved in meal preparation, and setting reminders on everyone's calendars to designate 5 p.m. as family time. 

 Strategies to go for dinner at 5 pm 

Even with a busy schedule,  it's possible to go for dinner at 5 pm, says Janda.

. "Arrange your day and plan your dinners in development so that you do not get focused whereas cooking  Keep  dinner  simple and straightforward - clear soup, steamed or blanched vegetables, and a single main course  like rice and dal, biryani, pulao, quinoa, millet upma, or ragi dosa." 

For those who work long hours, Janda suggests bringing your lunch and dinner to work and having dinner there.  "When you get domestic, spend time with your family and possibly have a little bowl of soup or a plant-based drain some time recently sleep time."

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An Ayurvedic perspective 

According to Ayurveda, an early dinner  is a ritual known as Dinakariya and is part of our daily routine.. "Early dinner helps us sync our clocks with Mother Nature's and Ayurvedic energy clocks.   metabolism and immunity. Agni,  our digestive fire, is strongest during the day, from sunrise to sunset.” 

As Dimple Janda aptly put it, this simple change helps us “synchronize our clocks with Mother Nature and the Ayurvedic energy clock.” At a time when many are looking for natural ways to improve their health, dinner may be at 5pm. This is exactly the recipe we were looking for. 

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