Eating window.

 Sweets. 

Yes—you can include a sweet dish in your 6-hour eating window while doing intermittent fasting, but the details matter more than the timing.

Since you're following an ~18:6 fasting pattern, your body is getting metabolic benefits like improved insulin sensitivity. Adding sweets won’t cancel that—but frequent or high-sugar choices can reduce those benefits.

Here’s a balanced way to approach it:

1. Portion matters most
A small serving is fine. Large portions of sugar can spike blood glucose, especially at age 65.

2. Timing within your window
Have the sweet after a proper meal, not on an empty stomach. This helps reduce sudden sugar spikes.

3. Type of sweet
Prefer smarter options:

• Traditional but lighter: kheer with less sugar, jaggery-based sweets (like small piece of ladoo)
• Healthier choices: fruit with nuts, dates, or a small piece of dark chocolate
• Avoid frequent refined sugar desserts (cakes, pastries, syrup-heavy sweets)

4. Frequency
Daily sweets are not ideal. Try limiting to 2–3 times per week.

5. Watch your body response
If you feel heaviness, sleepiness, or dizziness afterward, it may be too much sugar.

Given your earlier note about occasional dizziness on standing, keeping blood sugar stable is especially important—so avoid sudden sugar spikes.