
Lunch time is the best time!! The best time to activate and utilize your wonderful digestive system.
Lunch time or the hours of the day between 11am - 2pm are the best time of day to Eat your biggest Meal.
During this time of the day, our Digestive Fire (also known as Agni) is at it's brightest. Just like fire in a fireplace, our digestive fire is capable of consuming even the heaviest fuel when it is burning brightly. But when our digestive fire is weak or irregular, food may actually impair our health. Food that is not completely metabolized does not give us adequate energy.
The strength of our digestion is the most important factor in determining how well the food we eat will be digested, absorbed and utilized by our bodies.
So because this is the time of the day that our Digestion is working at it's top then eating our largest meal of the day is best at this time of the day. If your eat meat, chicken, or fish, this is the best time to eat it as your body with be able to digest it properly and utilize it's nutrients more beneficially. If you drink soda pop, alcohol, caffeinated drinks then drink these beverages during this time. Eating items such as this has the opportunity to break own faster in your body,giving you the opportunity to revitalize faster, lose weight, have more energy during the day. If you eat them at other times of day, it will take longer for the body to break down these foods and also promote bacteria growth, ill health, and weight gain.
You see everyone depending on their body makeup has differing digestions. Some digest food very quickly, as if they can eat anything. Some digest food really slowly and sluggish as if it seems to take forever, and some digest food slightly irregular sometimes it is fast, sometimes it is slow, and sometimes they forget to eat.
Even though we have these differences the function of our system during the times of the day is the same.
Our body clocks work in this way in regards to Digestion:
- 6am - 10am - Our digestive power is slower, and colder, usually the metabolism is just starting to get going this time of day. This is a good time to exercise, eat light foods rather than heavy foods.
- 10am - 2pm - Our Digestive power is at it's strongest, Best time to eat our biggest meal, and if you like sweets, fattening foods, soda pop etc....eating them during this time will give your body the best opportunity to break them down properly without you having as much challenges.
- 2pm - 6pm - Our digestive system is usually busy doing it's work from the lunch time meal. Or, if you did not eat healthy meal during lunch then during this time you will be craving some sweet or salty snack.
- 6pm - 10pm - Our Digestion during this time is slower colder, so eating between 6pm - 8pm is good time with lighter fare like rice, vegetables, soups.
- 10pm - 2am - Our Digestive energy during this time of night (preferably while we are sleeping) does fabulous things for us. During this time our digestive fires utilize it's energy to restore, repair, and heal all the cells of the body
- 2am - 6am - Our Digestion is still busy at work for our health and well-being and cleansing the body during this time and preparing it for release of toxins when we wake up in the morning.
You may say that your schedule does not allow you to have your biggest meal of the day at lunch.
Before you say, it cannot be done, at least try it first. Even if we cannot do it every day, we do the best we can. maybe we are able to at first only do it on the weekends, or during 1 weekday a week. It does not matter where we start, as long as we start, as we have start somewhere.
If something seems to big a task we can choose to avoid it or we can choose to come to it in a new way.
We can take the big task and break it down into smaller parts.
Set the intention to do it every day and eventually it will happen.
Be kind to yourself. Do not force yourself to do anything but give yourself opportunity to try something new.
Remember, You got to start somewhere to get anywhere. Cannot go anywhere if you do not at least start.
If you fall down, well you just pick yourself up and start again.
As always, if you have any questions feel free to contact me.