"The foods we eat are to the extent of necessity, stiety or excess. The Prophet ﷺ told us that one only needs a few bites to sustain him, so that his strength does not fail him. When one wishes to exceed what is barely enough, he should reserve a third of his stomach for his food, another third for water or drink and the last third for breathing. This is the best method of eating, both for the body and the heart.
When the stomach is full of food, there will not be enough space for drinking. When one consumes a drink on a full stomach, breathing will be difficult, thus bringing about laziness and fatigue. A person feels heavy, as if carrying a load on his stomach. Consequently, one will be lazy fulfilling his obligations and will seek other desires now that his stomach is full!
Eating until one is full harms the body and the heart, when it becomes a habit. There is no harm if one occassionally eats his fill. For example, Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه once drank some milk in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ until he said, "By He Who has sent you with the Truth! I do not have space for it!" The Companions at times used to eat their fill in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ. Eating until satiety as a matter of habit weakens the strength and the body, even as one becomes fatter. The body will be strong when it gets the nourishment it needs and can utilize, not from the quantity of food one eats."
(Ibn Qayyim - Medicine of the Prophet ﷺ)
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