Hara hachi bun me

Hara hachi bun me (腹八分目) (also spelled hara hachi bu, and sometimes misspelled hari hachi bu) is a Confucian[1] teaching that instructs people to eat until they are 80 percent full.[2] The Japanese phrase translates to "Eat until you are eight parts (out of ten) full",[2] or "belly 80 percent full".[3] There is evidence that following this practice leads to a lower body mass index and increased longevity, and it might even help to prevent dementia in the elderly.

  1. ^ Buettner, pp. 7, 227
  2. ^ a b Willcox BJ; Willcox DC; Suzuki M (2002). The Okinawa Program : How the World's Longest-Lived People Achieve Everlasting Health And How You Can Too. Three Rivers Press. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-0-609-80750-7.
  3. ^ Grossman, Terry (2005). "Latest advances in antiaging medicine". The Keio Journal of Medicine. 54 (2): 85–94. doi:10.2302/kjm.54.85. PMID 16077258.