RULES OF EATING

  • One Should eat alone or in friendly environment.
  •  While eating keep negative mental factors (anger, jealously, fear, greed etc.) away.
  •  Half of the stomach should be filled with solid food, one quarter by liquids and remaining quarter should be empty for air etc.
  • Ideal pattern is to drink water in between taking of meals. However obese should take before meal, lean should take after food.

Dos

  • The food should be tasty & easy to digest.
  • It should be eaten in proper amount.
  • Food should be warm and unctuous.
  • Only fresh food should be eaten.
  • It should include all the six tastes (sweet, sour, salt, astringent, bitter, pungent).
  • It is best to enjoy food while eating.
  • One should eat comfortably in sitting posture in pleasant surroundings.
  • One should take meals only when previous meal is digested.
  • Ayurveda has intensively mentioned the property of food items, methods of preparation and their usage in health & diseases.

Don'ts

  • Eating should not be in a hurry
  • It should not be very slow either
  • One should not talk or laugh while eating
  • Too much of any one of the six tastes should be avoided
  • Food articles having contradictory properties like milk-fish together should not be taken