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Implications of Eating while watching screen–especially with kids

Eating while watching screen

I have seen this scene replayed in many homes….it becomes very easy to feed kids while they are engrossed in the screen. They will not complain about what is being fed or how much quantity they are eating.

LET’S EXPLORE THIS A BIT. Anything that is fed into the body must be digested. Be it physical or mental–here both physical and mental digestion happens at the same time. So, the ?????? ??????????? ???? ?? ?? ????? ????? ?????? ??????????? ?????? ???? ??? ??????? ?? ???? ??? ????? ????? ?? ???? ??? ???????? ??????? ????…

If you don’t believe that physical symptoms are possible with mental thoughts, try thinking about your favorite food and you will start drooling, the same way some physical change happens in the body depending on the mental feeling it is processing at the time…

Secondly, we are curbing the ability to perceive important qualities of food–taste, touch, smell, sight and just treating eating activity as very mechanical, ?? ??? ?????? ??????????? ?? ??? ?????? ???? ?? ???????????

Shastras have clearly mentioned not to be distracted while eating. Completely focus on your food with your body and mind. Eat food like you are making an offering to God, so it can digest properly and will not create any potential imbalances…

We make sure to sit together as a family and eat at least 1 meal while discussing our day…what is your routine with meals?

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