India, June 13 -- Lifestyles are increasingly becoming erratic, with the hustle hard mindset on weekdays and the resultant fatigue leading to mindless indulgence in the name of unwinding. This shift is noticed in the eating habits, weekdays filled with excessive caffeine, rushed lunches, and sometimes even missed meals. Meanwhile, weekends turn into a free-for-all of takeout, late-night snacks, processed foods, drinks and a lot of overeating. But this unpredictable eating cycle is silently wrecking your gut health.

In an interview with Dr Anukalp Prakash, Director of Gastroenterology, CK Birla Hospital, Gurugram, elaborated how this common pattern of weekend overindulgence followed by weekday neglect is bad for your gut health, triggerin...