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Thirukkural Quotes On Food We Eat

Quotes and Teachings from Thirukkural on Food We Eat

The body requires no medicine if you eat only after the food you have already eaten is digested. – Thirukkural 942

Once digestion is complete, eat with moderation; that is the way to prolong the life of the body. Thirukural 943


Life remains unharmed when one eats with restraint, refraining from foods that have proven disagreeable. Thirukural 945

The pleasures of health abide in the man who eats moderately. The pains of disease dwell with him who eats excessively. Thirukural 946

The thoughtless glutton who gorges himself beyond the limits of his digestive fires will be consumed by limitless ills. Thirukural 947