Summary
A conversation with Dr Pal for an Indian audience, on circadian rhythm and the timing of meals, and on how those principles fit household eating patterns that look quite different from the American norm most of this research was framed against.
The context gives the material particular weight. India carries one of the world's heaviest burdens of diabetes and metabolic disease, and Dr Panda has written a whole book on that intersection. The Circadian Diabetes Code sets out why disrupting circadian rhythms even for a few days raises diabetes risk, and lays out a plan that can be used alone or alongside a physician's management plan to improve glucose control and reduce complications. Late dinners, long eating spans and irregular sleep are common across many Indian households, which makes timing an unusually available lever.
Dr Panda, who grew up in Odisha, is well placed to discuss what adapting the advice locally actually involves.
