How many meals a day? Sadhguru shares advice on meal timings

Sadhguru's advice to leave five to eight hours between meals has sparked a familiar debate about eating habits, digestion and gut health. The spiritual leader argues that frequent eating interferes with the body's natural cleansing processes, suggesting that two substantial meals a day, with minimal snacking, can help keep the digestive system functioning efficiently. But is eating twice a day really better for the body, and does the science support his claims about the colon and cellular cleansing? In an Instagram post shared on October 7, Sadhguru explained the yogic reasoning behind spacing meals further apart. His argument centres on the idea that giving the digestive system time between meals allows the body to complete its digestive processes rather than constantly dealing with incoming food.