THE QUANTITY OF FOOD WE TAKE
AND OUR SOUND HEALTH
Most of the
people do not think about how much food we should eat and how many times we eat
food. We eat food to live, not to eat. So, eating on a full stomach, eating
whenever we are hungry is not a good habit.
Most of the people eat unconditionally and eat for only taste.
So they suffer from many issues. Eat a balanced diet is a science. We can
decide the quantity of food to be taken; a human should know about his/her
health condition, what type of food is needed for them. The quantity and need
for food may vary from human to human. So we can’t set a common formula for
eating.
Don’t eat much food for taste if it is unhealthy. You should have self-control in eating food. Then we will achieve healthy life. If we eat much food, the brain works slowly than normal. If you want to live happily, you should take a balanced diet. Eat less and live long is the best rule for eating.
OVER EATING:
Most of the
people eat unconditionally and eat for only taste. So they suffer from many
issues. Eat a balanced diet is a science. We can decide the quantity of food to
be taken; a human should know about his/her health condition, what type of food
is needed for them. The quantity and need for food may vary from human to
human. So we can’t set a common formula for eating.
Don’t eat much
food for taste if it is unhealthy. You should have self-control in eating food.
Then we will achieve healthy life. If we eat much food, the brain works slowly
than normal. If you want to live happily, you should take a balanced diet. Eat
less and live long is the best rule for eating.
In Thirukkural
946, Thiruvalluvar said that,
இழிவறிந்து உண்பான்கண் இன்பம்போல் நிற்கும்
கழிபேர் இரையான்கண் நோய்.
izhivaRindhu uNpaan-kaN inpampoal niRkum
kazhipaer iraiyaankaN noai
Meaning –
ü As pleasure dwells with him who eats
moderately, so disease (dwells) with the glutton who eats voraciously.
ü Knowing that it is better to eat less, the
person who swallows too much will not get sick, just as the eater does not get
rid of pleasure.
-
M.Varadharasan
ü It is a disease that settles in the place of
an uncontrolled eater, as if it were the pleasure of staying in the place of
the eater, knowing that it is degrading to take more than necessary.
-Salamon pappayya
ü As if he knew the shame and the pleasure of
eating, and knowing that it was good, and that he who ate it should not cease
to enjoy the cow; the disease of the excretion will stop - the cow will swallow
the largest prey and the cow will remain unamored. (Similarly, if there is a
slight decrease in the amount of food, pleasure, argument, etc., in their
respective states, the mind of the triad, the language of the mind, the
language, his age, and his morality, etc., yes. He took the prey without
measure and said, "The prey" of the likeness of the grieving animal.
Fate made negatives a parable and a meaning, to get the second.)
- Parimelazhagar
The stomach should be 75% filled with food
and 25% with water. We should give space in the stomach after eating. This
space helps to digest food. This is called food for air. Overeating causes
digestion issues, burp, acidity, gastric issues, stomach burn, stomach
ache.
THE RIGHT QUANTITY:
The quantity of food taken by a human
depends on his/her age, health, digestion power, type of food taken by him/her.
We should fix our quantity of food with the help of gained experience and the
sick people fix with the help of the doctor’s advice is better.
We should remember the three
mathematical signs that are addition +, subtraction -, equal =.
Addition means:
need for food > food taken = excess quantity.
Subtraction means:
need for food < food taken = less quantity.
Equal means: need
for food = food taken = equal quantity.
People
who eat unconditionally should try to follow a balanced diet. People who eat
limited food should increase quantity for healthy life. A human should have a
stubborn mind to have a balanced diet daily. Many people have two stomachs, one
for eating food at home and the other for eating in a restaurant. Some people
eat normally, follow a balanced diet. But if they get a lot of food varieties
and as well tasty ones; for example, in a function, otherwise they may get
cost-free food, they eat unlimitedly. This is not good for healthy living.
HOW OFTEN DO WE
CONSUME FOOD?
Some people eat a little amount, but
they often eat many times. If they saw tasty food, they have false hunger. They
eat where they get food. Why don’t you think that the stomach is a dustbin?
Sometimes eating some food is not suitable, it does not get digested. It will
block like dust in the stomach and give many troubles.
Research on this topic has been going
on for many years. We should know about our body, hunger, digestion power and
the need for food. Then we will eat with that knowledge and live healthily and
happily.
Most of the people nowadays eat 4
times a day. Drinking coffee or tea in the morning is excluded in four times
eating. Morning breakfast, afternoon lunch, evening snacks, night dinner. These
are the common food habits of most of the people in the world. This excess
eating will lead to many diseases.
“Gluttony kills
more than the sword”
“Whatever is the father of a disease, ill-diet
is the mother”.
These proverbs tell the truth about
overeating. The root-cause for many diseases
Dr.H.C.Menkel said that eating more
than 3 times a day will cause stress to the body. This eating habit will not
give time to take rest and repair our body parts. Our body is functioning
without rest. If you follow this habit, our body parts will get tired quickly
and not functioning properly. To avoid this, we should follow fasting. In his
theory, eating 2 times a day is enough and healthy.
Mahatma Gandhi said that most of the
people eat 3 times a day. In the morning before going to work one time,
afternoon and night one time, eating is good for health. No need to eat more
than 3 times a day.
In the present situation, we should
agree with eating 3 times per day is good. In that eating solid foods for 2
times and consume liquid diet for one time a day is better habit.
We should follow a balanced
diet, 3 times eating per day and healthy food. This leads to healthy living.
Eat healthy
Live happily
Keep smiling.
To be continued..... Next post
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