Mindful eating is the practice of being fully present and aware when eating food. It involves paying close attention to the taste, smell, texture, and appearance of food as well as the experience of eating. Mindful eating allows you to gain a deeper appreciation for your food and helps promote healthy eating habits. Here are some inspirational mindful eating quotes to encourage more mindful eating!

Quotes on Paying Attention While Eating

“Don’t just taste your food, but really eat it. Engage all your senses. Listen to the crunch, and focus on how it feels in your mouth. Smell the spices and herbs. Look at the colors and textures. Fully immerse yourself in the eating experience.” – Jean Kristeller

“The purpose of eating is to nourish your body. When you eat, ask yourself if you’re truly hungry. Take small bites and notice how the flavors change as you continue chewing.” – Deepak Chopra

“As you pick up your fork or spoon, be mindful of your intention to eat. Notice if the food in front of you is appealing. Slow down and chew each bite thoroughly.” – Sharon Salzberg

“Don’t allow your next bite of food until you have tasted the previous one. Bring mindfulness into every stage of eating.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“Tune inward as you eat. Sense how the food smells, tastes, and feels. When we eat mindfully, we access the wisdom of our body.” – Tara Brach

“Don’t get so caught up in talking that you miss what you’re eating. Be present at the table, aware of each morsel.” – Jack Kornfield

“The taste of your food will be heightened if you focus all your senses on it. slow down and pay close attention to each bite.” – Eckhart Tolle

“Don’t confuse eating with nourishing yourself. Eat slowly, chew thoroughly, and stay focused on your direct experience of eating.” – Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

“The next time you eat a meal, take time to notice the colors, smells, flavors, textures, and even the sounds of your food. Bringing awareness to the experience of eating helps you savor each bite.” – Jan Chozen Bays

“Don’t eat with your eyes. Don’t eat with your mind. Eat with your stomach.” – Unknown

“Mindful eating involves being fully aware of the eating experience. Pay close attention to the texture, taste, aroma, and appearance of food.” – Andrew Olendzki

“When we eat mindfully, we come back to our breath, come back to our bodies and begin to listen to what’s going on inside. This helps us cultivate intuitive wisdom.” – Michelle Duval

“The ability to be fully present, alive, and awake to one’s entire life is a cornerstone of emotional well-being.” – Susan Albers

“Mindful eating is not directed by charts, tables, pyramids, or scales. It is guided by your direct experience of eating—by hunger, fullness, taste, satiety, and joy.” – Jan Chozen Bays

“Mindful eating involves bringing one’s full attention to the experience of eating and drinking.” – Saki Santorelli

“Remember to chew your food slowly and savor every bite. We tend to eat too quickly, which doesn’t allow us to register feelings of fullness and satisfaction.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“When eating don’t engage in any other activity like reading, working on computer or watching TV. Make eating the single activity because it deserves your full attention.” – Amit Ray

Quotes on Why Mindful Eating Matters

“Learn to listen to your body. Eat what makes you feel good, energized, and healthy.” – Karina L. Castoldi

“The benefits of mindful eating come not from what you eat but from being present when you eat and mindful of your motivations for eating.” – Tami Kramer

“To eat in a hurry is to eat less, which only succeeds in making you frustrated and hungry. Slow down, pay attention to what you eat, and you’ll be satisfied and healthier.” – Michael F. Roizen

“The most important purpose of eating together is not to nourish the body but to nourish relationships.” – Madhur Jaffrey

“When you eat in such a way that you feel profoundly nourished, it also has an effect on those around you. Your presence is a gift to loved ones and community.” – Dan Siegel

“Mindless eating is the enemy of a healthy lifestyle. Pay attention to what you eat and you’ll start eating healthier.” – Richard Carlson

“One conscious mouthful allows us to be really there for the tasting, chewing, swallowing, and appreciating our food.” –Thich Nhat Hanh

“When eating, just eat. Don’t read, don’t argue, don’t cook, just eat.” – Edward Espe Brown

“If you stay in the present while you’re eating, you will be able to notice when you are full, and you will stop eating naturally.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

Quotes on Mindful Eating and Health

“Fulfillment and satisfaction come from eating what is really nourishing, not just consuming massive quantities of foods.” – Mark Hyman

“Good food is the foundation of happiness.” – Auguste Escoffier

“The ability to nourish yourself goes hand-in-hand with self-worth. There is an inner wisdom that rises to the surface when we are nurturing ourselves with food.” – Linda Spangle

“Stop eating your food with your mind elsewhere. When you’re eating, eat. When you’re working, work.” – Michael Pollan

“If you pay attention, you will know exactly what is enough.” – Master Takuan

“A new understanding begins when you realize that every time you sit down to a meal you hold a wonderful gift in your hands—the gift of life itself. This gift is the food you are about to eat.” – Brother David Steindl-Rast

“Joyful living is mindful living, and one of the keys to mindfulness is mindful eating through which we can learn how to handle cravings instead of getting controlled by them.” – Shubhra Krishan

“Eating mindfully is vitally important. It’s the way we reconnect and nurture ourselves, allowing us to heal.” – Valerie Atkinson

“The way you eat reflects your relationship to life.” – Marc David

“Mindful eating cultivates gratitude. It lifts us from the mundane experience of eating as fuel and allows us to savor the intimate and profound gift of life itself.” – Jan Chozen Bays

“Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind, and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.” – B.K.S Iyengar

Quotes on Eating Slowly and With Awareness

“You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.” – Vandana Shiva

“Eat slowly and break pieces of food into smaller pieces; when you eat slowly and mindfully you appreciate the food more.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“When you become mindful of your food choices, cravings for junk food lose power over you.” – Dean Ornish

“The first thing to do to have mindful eating habits is to slow down, and be present when you are eating.” – Susan Albers

“Avoid eating when stressed. Food is to nourish us. Stress affects digestion.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“When eating food, take the time to taste each morsel and concentrate fully on the experience.” – Lisa Wilson

“When you sit down to eat, eat mindfully. Don’t turn on the TV, speak kindly with your dinner companions, and be grateful for having food.” – Toni Bernhard

“Eat mindfully and chew slowly. Eating mindfully allows the body and mind to synchronize. It brings you joy, awareness, and good health.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“Mindful eating helps you gain control over your cravings and reduces impulsive eating.” – Pavel G. Somov

“Feel and taste every morsel of food. Chew slowly and thoroughly, allowing the flavors to merge.” – Peter Alsop

Quotes on Gratitude and Eating

“Let us be grateful to the people who make our food, for they also feed our souls.” – Dalai Lama

“We must see food as more than just fuel. Food is connection, communication and community.” – Daisaku Ikeda

“Every time we sit down to eat is an opportunity to give thanks.” – Denise Marek

“Mealtimes are a gift; an important opportunity to nourish our bodies as well as our relationships.” – Celeste Headlee

“Gratitude begins where your lips touch the food that nourishes your body.” – Sai Sam Kutty

“Bless this plate. Bless all who toiled to grow the food and bring it to market; who cooked, served it, and will clean up after.” – Harvey Jackins

“The act of eating is infusion, merger; the act of cooking and preparing food is acknowledgment and connection.” – Bryant Terry

“Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.” – Hippocrates

“When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.” – Proverb

“Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.” — Hippocrates

“Gratitude is the simplest form of grace. As breathing is to life, so is gratitude to gracefulness.” —John Kralik

“Meals eaten in relaxed enjoyment are digestion’s best assistants.” – Edward Bach

“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.” – William Blake