7 Foods We Eat At Wrong Hours That Are Harming Our Health

Experts claim that the best time to consume milk would be in the night, rather than in the day because it takes a long time to digest and might make you feel lethargic. Drinking milk at night relaxes your body and enables the cells to absorb the nutrients effectively, while you rest.

Worst Time To Drink: Morning

Due to more physical activity in the mornings, milk can become heavy to digest and also mess with your meal timings.

RICE

Best Time To Eat: Day

Consuming rice for lunch is the perfect time, since your metabolism in the day time is much higher than at night, it gives you ample chance to use up the carbohydrates.

Worst Time To Eat: Night

Rice should be avoided at night, as they are high in starch content and may leave your stomach with a bloated sensation through the night. Also, consuming rice at night may promote weight gain, as it takes longer to digest and our body is completely at rest.

CURD

Best Time To Eat: Day

When eaten in the daytime, curd helps in the digestion process and soothes the digestive system. It is a probiotic food that aid in gut health.

Worst Time To Eat: Night

Eating curd during the night can badly affect the respiratory tract causing cold and cough and leads to mucus formation.

SUGAR

Best time to eat: Morning

Ice creams, chocolates and every food items that are loaded with sugar, should be consumed in the mornings. This is because our body insulin is more effective in fighting sugar at this time of the day. We are also more active in the day, so our body is able to burn more sugar throughout the day.

Worst time to eat: Night

Consuming sugar at night, will only increase your body fat, since physical activity is also at a low at night time.

PULSE AND BEANS

Best Time To Drink: Night

Pulses and beans are loaded with dietary fibres. When taken at night, they help in digestion and lower the cholesterol levels. They also help you to get a good sleep.

Worst Time To Eat: Morning

Avoid eating fibrous foods such as sprouts, lentils, beans etc. in the morning or during daytime, since it might increase your appetite and cause you to eat more throughout the course of the day.

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