Good Habit

1. 10 Amazing Reasons why we should
Eat Food with our Hands

2. In this modern society, we’ve always heard
that eating food with hands is unhygienic but
you won’t believe that it is even more
hygienic than eating with a spoon or a fork.
Here are 10 reasons why you should eat food
with your hands:

3. 1) Vedic Tradition
Eating food with hands is our Vedic
Tradition. In western culture, people feel
that it is unhygienic to eat food with
hands but in our Indian culture, it is said
that “eating food with your hands feeds
not only the body but also the mind and
the spirit”.

4. 2) Gives Satisfaction
Eating with hands gives us more
satisfaction as compared to eating with a
spoon. Studies show that when a person
eats food with hands, he feels fuller as
compared to the people who eat with
spoons or fork.

5. 3) You pay attention to food
When we are eating with hand, we are
paying attention to the food because it
requires focusing at what we are putting in
our mouth. Eating with hands is much
more healthy than eating food with a
spoon or fork.

6. 4) All senses are engaged
When we are eating food with a spoon
or a fork, we can smell it and taste it but
when we are eating food with our hands
then we can actually feel the texture of
the food and enjoy it more. All of our
senses are engaged in food which is a
good thing.

7. 5) Protects mouth from getting burnt
While eating with a spoon or a fork, we
don’t pay much attention on the
temperature of the food and sometimes
burn our mouth. When we are eating
with our hands, we can actually feel the
temperature of the food and prevent our
mouth from getting burnt.

8. 6) Improves awareness
Being relaxed while eating is very important for one’s
health. It has been observed that a person eating with
his hands is much more connected to his food as
compared to a person eating with a fork or spoon. A
person eating with a spoon or fork may be engaged in
some other activities too like watching television etc
but a person eating food with his hands will be much
more aware of what he is eating and more connected
with his food.

9. 7) Compels you to maintain good hygiene
Sometimes, we are too lazy to go and wash
our hands or clean our nails before eating
because we think that we are going to eat
with a spoon and there will be no physical
contact of our hands with the food. But when
a person eats with his hands, he is aware that
he is going to touch the food so he himself
takes care of his hygiene.

10. 8) Improves Digestion
When we touch our food with hands, our
brain prepares our stomach that we are
about to eat so our stomach is ready for
digesting the food which ultimately
results in better digestion.

11. 9) Bacteria
Not all bacteria are harmful. It is believed
that our body has a certain kind of
bacteria which protects us from the
harmful bacteria. This bacteria is also
present in our hands and when we eat
food with our hands, the pattern of
bacteria is maintained and we are
protected from the harmful bacteria.

12. 10) Prevents many diseases
As per Vedic knowledge, our hands and feet consist of the five
elements – Heaven, Air, Fire, Water and Earth.
Thumb: Fire
Index Finger: Air
Middle Finger: Heaven
Ring Finger: Earth
Little Finger: Water
If any of these five elements is imbalanced then it might lead
to diseases. So when we eat food with our hands, we join our
thumb and fingers which maintains the balance between
these elements and therefore protects us from different
diseases.