Sentences with phrase «hachi bu»

They have a very simple philosophy: hari hachi bu: eat until you are only 80 % full.

After reading the book» Blue Zones» by Dann Buetner I learned two things:» Ikigai» and» Hara hachi bu» (later more on later).

While higher caloric intake and overeating is common in many Western cultures, the Okinawans have a custom of self - imposed calorie restriction following the practice of hara hachi bu.

In essence, the practice of hara hachi bu is an inexact method of calorie restriction.

(The French aren't the only ones to practice this healthy habit: The Japanese have a similar concept known as hara hachi bu, meaning to eat until you're 80 percent full.)

Thanks to the practice of hara hachi bu, which means «eat until you are eight parts (or 80 per cent) full», people in Japan are less likely to get breast or colon cancer and consume an average of 840 fewer kilojoules per day than Westerners do.

«As I began the slow process of rebuilding, I decided I would start practicing a form of mental hara hachi bu at work,» he writes.

Researchers have traced their longevity to a Confucian practice called hara hachi bu.