"Don't talk when eating, don't talk when sleeping" is a classic sentence of Confucius in The Analects of Confucius, which means don't talk when eating and sleeping. Many modern people think that this is the requirement of feudal ethics and autocratic rule.

Health experts pointed out that the ancients said that eating without talking is very reasonable from the perspective of promoting human health. In the theory of TCM health preservation, it is repeatedly mentioned that eating without talking is good for health, and modern medical research has also confirmed that eating without talking is a good health habit.

As the saying goes, eating without words is conducive to the digestion and absorption of nutrients. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the heart governs the spirit and is an important system to regulate the function of human organs. When eating, people's spirit focuses on the taste of food, and the qi of yin and yang focuses on the spleen and stomach, which can enhance appetite, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and enhance digestion and absorption. If you are distracted, the qi of yin and yang will be partially dispersed, and the energy of the spleen and stomach will be insufficient, which will affect the absorption of food and nutrition.

Modern medicine also believes that when eating, people's blood is concentrated on digestive organs such as the stomach to promote digestion. If people talk and chat while eating, people's nerves will fluctuate according to different topics, and the amount of blood flowing to the brain will increase, thus affecting the function of the stomach.

From the practice of daily life, some children who don't concentrate on eating usually have a bad spleen and stomach and are thin, which also shows from the side that eating without talking is very beneficial to health.

Eating without words can avoid eating accidents. When eating, people's mouth and esophagus are preparing for eating, and the trachea should keep breathing. People's nerves should be highly coordinated to ensure that food does not enter the trachea. Talking while eating can easily lead to nervous disorder, which can lead to severe cough or tracheal obstruction, and even lead to suffocation and life-threatening. Therefore, eating without words is also conducive to avoiding food insecurity.

In addition, talking while eating and spitting are easy to pollute food and spread bacteria. From a health point of view, eating without talking is also a civilized and healthy habit.