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Presented By Mark Bunn
Did you know that the healthiest, longest living individuals throughout history, have never heard of good fats, bad fats, low carb diets, glycaemic index, or any other modern health ‘fads’? The following is a little excerpt from my new book – Ancient Wisdom for Modern Health – that outlines just one of the basic, simple, ‘natural wisdoms of healthy living’ that the world’s healthiest peoples have long understood.
As human beings, we are just not designed to eat much in the evening. Just as the sun sets in the evening and disappears by nightfall, our inner digestive sun, or 'fire', also sets.
The ancients knew that eating lightly at night was the secret to ‘the sleep of the gods’. When we do this, our body can fully focus its energies on eliminating the impurities and stresses that have accumulated during the day. Without the burden of a big evening meal to digest, we are better able to repair, revitalise and rejuvenate ourselves and so wake up as Mother Nature intended: with the birds - bright, energised and motivated.
But what do we do? Most of us come home at 7, 8 or 9 o’clock at night and sit down to our main meal of the day. Steak and three veg. Chicken parmagiana that’s falling over the sides of the plate. Spaghetti bolognese with a side of chips. And would we like some ice-cream, a little slice of cheesecake or some apple pie just to top it off? Well, it would be rude not to! So we loosen our belts, dig in and eat until we feel like we’re about to give birth
The 6000 year-old Eastern science of Ayurveda tells us that large, heavy meals at night are not only likely to be poorly digested, but totally compromise our nightly rejuvenation cycle. Instead of our body’s resources going to help our brains revitalise, our livers detox and our muscles rejuvenate, they are diverted to our stomachs.
While modern science does not have this understanding, sticky residues or ‘plaques’ are known to interfere with many internal processes. Atherosclerotic plaque is what lines our arteries. Plaques build up in our joints and play roles in certain types of arthritis. Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are commonly associated with plaques that build up between the neurons or communication channels of our brains.
Enlightened medicine men and women of times past knew that the main cause of these plaques is the improper digestion of food. Wise ancient cultures who lived in harmony with the natural cycles knew to eat sparingly, if at all, once the sun went down. This is why traditionally the evening meal was known as ‘supper’. If one did eat after sunset it was only something that could be ‘sipped’ or ‘supped’.
If you want to do just one thing the absolutely transform your energy levels, your quality of sleep, your waistline and your long-term health, follow the age-old wisdom of our healthiest and longest-living ancestors – ‘eat light at night’!
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