Why We Should Adopt These Ancient Food Practices.

Rigomo Team

Sat, 04 Oct 2025

Indians have a long history with food, spices, traditional cooking methods and some old beliefs. This is the reason behind our ancestors were neither sick nor used to be so sick at that time because their habits were not as advanced as our habits, some of their small habits which we have grown up listening to, like "don't go out with empty stomach", not talking while eating, all these things are much more than a good etiquette. In fact going back to all these habits can affect our health in a good way.

Siting on the floor while eating :-

In accient time there were  no dining table at all, our ancestors used to sit on the floor and eat. According to experts, in India, sitting cross-legged on the floor while eating is usually a yoga pose called Sukhasana, which is used to massage the abdominal muscles, increase flexibility and promote circulation in the lowe body. So don't sit on the dining table or on the sofa while eating.

Eating food with hands:- 

Ancient scriptures recommend eating food by hand. According to ayurveda, man not only eats food by introducing his senses of taste, but all his senses start working as soon as your hand touches the food, makes a posture even while picking up the food with hand, to keep your prana under control your Sensory organs are activated. The direct connection of your skin with your food also activates the brain signals for releasing digestive juices, helping in the digestion process.

Cooking in earthen utensils:-

Cooking in clay pots: Our ancestors used to cook food in earthen pots as plastic, steel and aluminum were not available much at that time. But this was not the only reason. Cooking in earthen pots adds calcium, phosphorus, iron, magnesium, sulfur and many other minerals to the food. Earthen pots are also alkaline in nature so they mix well with acidic food and also balance food pH level. Cooking in earthen pots does not develop fatal diseases like cancer etc.