How to keep in touch

Hunger and Fullness 019
Talk to your body. Don't eat when you're not hungry. Achieve appropriate satiety. The most important principle is 'balanced eating.' Chew little by little and things will change. Don't forget elegance. Protein that lasts a long time.

The most natural amount 030
Regaining Stomach Size, Eating Less Than a Bowl of Rice, Fasting to Restore Your Stomach to Its Original Size

Two Days of Deviation, Two Days of Recovery 036
Self-discipline, weighing yourself, being flexible, don't just make resolutions, two days off, two days to make up for it, your own "golden rule," a true diet

How to reduce the amount

I'm eating too much 055
Burgers are getting bigger! · The more you buy, the cheaper it is? · The unit of nature · Stop counting calories! · You're eating too much · Anything is possible if you just adjust the portion size · Let's draw a picture of the portion size for one meal · How much to eat in a day · Use only half the ingredients

There's no drink better than water 071
Water is nature and health. Drink less alcohol. Enjoy champagne!. Use pretty bottles. Drink tea quietly.

Let's use a small bowl 079
The same bowl every time is boring. Small is better.

If you're alive, cook it

The Meaning of Cooking 095
If you're alive, cook. Even baking is an art. Homemade food is the best. Live slowly. With yourself.
Meeting time

Smart Market View 105
Even if it's expensive, it's good. Seasonal food, of course! Avoid big-box supermarkets. Grains, protein, and vegetables are essential. Cooking can save the planet!

Lunchbox 114
Customized meals, another expression of love, small quantities but with a variety of ingredients

Meal Planning 119
Basic attitude toward life: Establishing rules: One grain, one protein, one vegetable; Beer should be a pseudo-grain; Try novel meals; Adapt to the seasons and nature.

128 in the kitchen
Smaller is better. Less frying pans are better. Use small baskets. Arrange cooking utensils conveniently. Only keep the things you actually use.

Want to cook? 140
The allure of semi-cooked meals, keeping it simple, throwing away the cookbook, the important sauce, handling vegetables with care, and of course, vegetables from the garden!

Eating becomes poetry too

Pleasures of the Five Senses 157
Stimulating the Five Senses · The Blessing of Taste · What is Delicious Must Please the Ears · The Joy of Picking Up Food · Life is Worth Living Through Smell · Even the Eyes Can Taste

Perfect Taste 166
Eating less is more enjoyable. Eat what you really like. Chew slowly and thoroughly. Eat good food. Eat lightly.

Eating becomes poetry too 178
Simplicity is beauty. When everyday life becomes poetry. A table under moonlight. Elegantly without napkins. The joy of eating.

An Unforgettable Evening 186
Forcing yourself to not eat, overeating is also a sin, an unforgettable dinner, and an izakaya scene.

Eating 194
Each person eats a different meal

You have to eat your heart to live 197
Health Secrets, Food for the Soul, Stories from Hermits, Food for Vitality, Cooking that Cleanses Body and Mind, The Mind Must Eat to Live

Composure 208
Beware of the problems and energy waste caused by your obsession with happiness.

Let's eat less and live more gracefully.

By listening to your body, you can return an overly enlarged stomach to its original size.
Then you can properly distinguish between hunger and fullness.
The author defines eating when you are not hungry as overeating.
When you are really hungry, you should choose good food (even if it is a little expensive), eat little by little, and eat slowly.
And then you are told to leave the table “when it is about eight-tenths full.”
Of course, all of this should not be done by force.
Because the oppressed body is destined to take revenge.
If you overeat for two days, try to be flexible and reduce your portions for two days.

We do have news, but it's difficult if we just fill up on random food from anywhere.
Such mechanical practices are not only short-lived, but also do little to improve mental health.
The author tells us that the best food is the one we cook ourselves, and that cooking is a great way to discipline our minds.
The 10 or 15 minutes you spend cooking a warm bowl of food can open up a whole new path in your life.


Cooked food should be eaten in the most elegant place, in the most refined and pretty bowl or plate.
An elegant place doesn't have to be expensive.
It could be a window seat where you can watch the rain falling, a TV with your favorite movie just starting, or a balcony with the sun pouring in.
What the author repeatedly emphasizes is that we should not eat in a hurry as if possessed.
The idea is to reject monotony so that every meal can become a celebration.
That is the secret to making life brilliant.


Author Dominique Loreau has a different perspective on today's world, which encourages us to consume and own too much.
This attitude is also evident in “Living Simply,” which caused a huge stir by selling over a million copies in 36 countries, including Europe.
It's no different in this book.
It points out that “a society that has turned us into consumption machines that must constantly fill their bellies, making us sick,” and makes us reflect on ourselves “who are seduced by consumption and exploited, forgetting that our addiction to consumption makes us victims of commercial speculation and the pursuit of profit.”