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For thousands of years, most Indians(as in from India) ate twice a day. The 1st meal was usually between 10 am to 1 pm. The 2nd meal was before 7 pm(sunset).

I used to be overweight(my eating window was about 14 hours) and then I switched to a strict 2 meals a day diet(8 hr eating window) -- the 1st meal at 10 am and the second before 7 pm. Add a lil bit yoga and walking, I lost about 10 kg in 6 weeks.

Indian Ayurveda books talk about not eating/consuming any food after sunset.



Theravada Buddhist monks follow the rule of not eating after midday. Some cheat by drinking lots of juice.


My intern is Indian and he said his parents only eat once a day, but that they are relatively religious. Is that common?


Older folks (presumably retired) can get away with eating a whole lot less. Piety probably provides the means and structure to keep the 1/day in place.


Its not common but some of the older people tend to follow this.


Not common at all.




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