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REGARDING DINNER
AFTER SUNSET
(RATRIBHOJANA) The renunciation of having dinner after sunset is undoubtedly essential for a spiritualist who is travelling on the path to emancipation but from the angle of modern science too it has many advantages. For example at nine o'clock at night according to the body clock it is the time for detoxification of the stomach. If the stomach is full at that time the body does not perform that function. It skips this function. That is why toxic waste increases in the stomach but for those who do not eat after sunset; their digestion process is over by 9pm so their body can perform the function of detoxification very well. Secondly it is not advisable to sleep before two to three hours after dinner. Those who eat late naturally sleep late but during eleven to one at night, the deep sleep is very essential for the cleansing of liver and re-growth of its cells which is not possible for those who eat after sunset so it is also a cause of very big damage of the ratribhojana. There are so many other benefits also of renunciation of eating after sunset from the point of view of the health.
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