Food plays a vital role in sustenance of life. In the present era, diet and lifestyle are the foremost factors which shrink susceptibility to many diseases and in turn advocate longevity. The commendable shift in food preferences and time of food intake evokes a group of lifestyle disorders. Ayurveda offers extensive insights about food and health based on certain unique conceptual as well as theoretical positions. In the present scenario, novel cuisines, experimental diets, altered food habits, unscientific preparations are in practice which hikes the risk of non-communicable diseases.