The rules to eat the food is described wordily
There are 10 rules to follow while eating food
1. Hot
One should always eat warm food when served
Benefits
- > Tasty to eat
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> The digestive fire increases
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> The food is digested quickly
- > Kapha decreases
2. Snigdha (Soft)
Benefits
- > Taste
- > Digested quickly
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> Helps Indriya (eg: eyes,nose etc) to work more
efficiently
- > The muscle power increases
3. Quantative
Benefits
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> Keeps the doshas in balance
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> leads to long and healthy life
- > Excretion happens easily
4. When previous food is evenly digested then one should eat again
Benefits
- > Body feels to be light
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> One becomes hungry timely
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> Heart works more efficiently
5. Do not eat food with opposite potency.
6. Eat food in one's favourite place or the place that the person like.
Benefits
- > Prevents any kind of mental illness
7. Do not eat food too fast
>As it can lead to blockage in food pipe.
>The food starts to travel upwards.
8. Nor eat food too slow
Eating food too slow can cause:
>Unsatisfaction
>Excessive eating
9. Eat food without laughing, talking etc.
10. Eat food upto one's desire.