Term

hara hachi bu

The Japanese rule of eating until your stomach is about eighty percent full.

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life, Héctor García, Francesc Miralles

Explained in

• Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life, Héctor García, Francesc Miralles
• The Blue Zones, Dan Buettner

  an Okinawan rule of eating until you're about 80% full, not until you're stuffed

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