Importance of Kalabhojanam to maintain health

Abstract

Ahara is an important factor for survival and is one of the Trayo-Upasthamba mentioned in Ayurveda. Where food is an essential part of everyone’s lives. It gives us the energy and nutrients to grow and develop, be healthy and active, to move, work, play, think and learn. So, for an individual who wants to be healthy, food is so important but in present era most of us skip their daily food on time because of busy work schedule and their day-to-day routines. As the people when they skip their food and consume at improper time it results in metabolic disorder due to this, at young age people are prone to many lifestyle disorders, and they are not concerned about their proper time of food consumption, they consume improper way, where their bodies’ mechanism is forfeited. So, we should know about our own body whether we supply our body the proper food at the proper time. Metabolic risks are a global challenge. These risks are although modifiable by lifestyle and physical activity to some extent, they are primarily related to dietary consumption. Considering a clear relationship of diet and metabolic risk factors. In Ayurveda classics, Kalabhojanam - intake of food at a scheduled time and not ad libitum - is suggested to be the best strategy to confer good health.