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Awakening the gluttony talent: I become stronger by eating what does this mean? In a world where people are looking for health and a higher purpose and are surrounded by food, the idea of gluttony and what it implies is still very relevant.

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What Is Gluttony?

Gluttony is the overindulgence that deprives another being of a necessity for survival. Gluttons consume more, leaving less for others. It is excessive. Gluttony is defined as the worship of food and receiving extreme pleasure from it, in addition to overeating. Gluttony encompasses material possessions and other sensual delights. The suffix “-aholic” is added to the preferred “meal” of the glutton.

Weight alone does not always indicate gluttony, but those with excess body fat frequently bear the burden of it. Even “healthy” eaters can overindulge. Just as someone can feel righteous rage but express it improperly, someone can indulge in nutritious food while acting gluttonously.

The more natural and essential an activity is (such as eating and having sex), the more enjoyable it is. We would have a population of 100 and develop rickets if we didn’t enjoy eating and having children.

Gluttony encompasses material possessions and other sensual pleasures. The suffix “-aholic” is added to the preferred “meal” of the glutton.

Gluttony sets in when our cravings for food become excessive and out of control. Since our appetite is susceptible to external authoritative psychological influences, this isn’t easy in modern society.

Grasping Gluttony

How to define and comprehend gluttony has been a point of contention for centuries among thinkers, philosophers, and social commentators.

Is it a typical, accepted trait of the human condition?
Should we see gluttony as a moral or personal failure of self-control or as a normal reaction to abundance?
Does it harm both people and society?

Does “gluttony” involve how much we eat? Or should it apply more broadly to our overall consumption patterns?

Generally speaking, gluttony can be:

They are not savoring a reasonable amount of food.
Eating at an unauthorized time (mindless eating)
Anticipating food with anxious longing
Consuming expensive food (eating lavishly simply for conspicuous consumption)
Being insatiable for “common” foods and always seeking out delicacies (or, perhaps, Supersizing)
Focusing excessively on food (which includes paying too much attention to how we look – which, they argue, can become idolatry)

The word “glutton” is used in the Bible to describe someone who consumes food out of desire rather than necessity. In his writings from the 1200s, the Christian religious philosopher Thomas Aquinas compared children to gluttons because the pleasure of appetite controls both.

Unexpectedly, many of these insights ring true for those attempting to teach and practice “mindful eating” and the P.N. way of life.

Such revelations make us wonder about our consumption patterns.

Is “gluttony” limited to our consumption of food?
Or is it more appropriate to apply it to our consumption habits?

What, for instance, about:

The massive, fast food burger?
The expensive coconut ice cream?
Was the apple shipped from New Zealand?

Gluttony As A Sin

The idea of “sin” is controversial. Compared to, say, medieval Europeans, we thought of the world differently in 2010. Early Christian monk Evagrius originally listed eight evil thoughts; this list was later modified by Saint John Cassian and Pope Gregory to what we are familiar with as the seven “deadly sins” in Christianity. (For reference, the other deadly sins are vanity, lust, envy, anger, sloth, greed, and covetousness.) Gluttony is regarded as a fatal sin.

Sin was only fatal in the original context if it conflicted with one’s love for God (their higher power). For instance, someone has committed an “excusable” sin if they merely overate. Only when the pleasure of eating turns them off is it considered “deadly” by others.

In the modern world, when something rules our lives, it can develop over time into a bad habit that undermines our moral goodness. Gluttony is about excluding others from our lives (family, friends, culture, etc.).

For instance, authors like Geneen Roth and Allen Zadoff discuss socially isolating themselves by locking themselves in their homes to overeat. We might now refer to this as a “binge eating disorder.” But the results are the same—self-harm and social/spiritual isolation.

Gluttony And Spiritual Traditions

Given the philosophical significance of gluttony, it should be no surprise that various world spiritual traditions have addressed the subject frequently. Here is an example.

Buddhism

One of the tenets of Buddhism is to “refrain from eating at inappropriate times.” They also promote limiting sensory overload. One of the vices is referred to as gluttony. Some Buddhists assert that any ambitious spiritual endeavor will fail if gluttony cannot be overcome.

General Christianity

Jesus made the point that people cannot survive on bread alone. Gluttony (related to food) is rarely mentioned in the Christian Bible. You’ll see less advice against overeating and more about enjoying food.

The teachings of Christianity about temptation are where the idea of willpower originated. However, the New Testament encourages people to eat sensibly and to treat their bodies as temples. According to Deuteronomy 21:20, “a glutton and a drunkard” must be stoned to death by the city elders. Yikes.

Hinduism

Hinduism discusses the significance of avoiding excess in all areas and views greed as the soul.

Islam

Islamists discourage overeating and observe regular fasts. They contend that gluttony feeds on itself and increases appetite when indulged. It becomes weak when appetite is suppressed.

Judaism

Keeping kosher is related to self-control and the sacredness of eating. However, Purim is a holiday where excess consumption is encouraged.

Why Is Gluttony Important?

When someone is preoccupied with food, they frequently need to pay more attention to their social interactions. This includes interactions with close friends and family, social interactions, and the more ethereal aspects of life. Since disordered relationships are reflected in all forms of disordered eating, gluttony resembles them all.

Faith vs. Food

People all over the world dedicate their entire lives to spiritual philosophy. Many claims that spiritual pursuits are the most potent activity there is.

As we’ve seen, major world religions advise their followers to abstain from excess. However, most people do not think overindulging in food is a crime against anyone or anything, based on current trends in food and beverage consumption in developed countries.

This is a paradox: almost every religion forbids gluttony. However, data show that organized religion adherents are more likely to be overweight than average Americans.

78% of American adults identify as Christians.
Overweight or obese 67% of adults in the United States.
In industrialized nations, heart disease or cancer claims the lives of one out of every two adults (conditions generally due to excess)

(Note: 5% of U.S. adults claim to practice another religion, while 16% of adults in the country identify as having no affiliation with any organized religion.)

Religion frequently reminds us of wrongdoing, including murder, abortion, theft, lying, and other transgressions. One forgets about gluttony.

But is it?

There are almost ten books on diet and overeating for everyone about adultery, theft, or abortion. We also have many books discussing how to deal with the effects of social and spiritual isolation.

In our society, cultural language has taken the place of moral language. Few people talk about gluttony and sins more than diets, nutrition, and eating disorders. Dieting, Weight Watchers, and the gym are how we counteract gluttony until the subsequent descent into excess and immoderation.

Excessive Tendencies

In gluttony, there is excess. In North America, we also tend to overdo things in many areas, including weight.

About 20–25% of all the food we buy for the house is wasted in the United States. This works out to about 474.5 pounds annually.
The diet in the U.S. contains almost 20% added sweeteners.
The average American consumes more than 220 pounds of meat annually.
The diet in the U.S. consists mainly of processed and animal foods.
12.28 lbs of chocolate are consumed annually by the average American.
In the majority of industrialized nations, nearly 70% of people over the age of 18 drink alcohol. The 12th most common cause of death in the United States is chronic liver disease and cirrhosis.
In a study of people aged 19 to 30, 27% of women and 45% of men said they had drunk heavily in the previous two weeks.
Eighteen thousand children will die today from malnutrition. Six times as many people were killed on September 11.

In a study of individuals between 19 and 30, 27% of women and 45% of men reported heavy drinking two weeks prior. On September 11, the number of fatalities was six times higher. Today, malnutrition will claim the lives of 18,000 children.

Summary

Utilizing an “old” concept in the modern era might seem strange. Nevertheless, the idea of gluttony and what it implies is still very relevant in a world where people seek health and a higher purpose and where food is abundant.

Whatever your religious beliefs, gluttony is, therefore, any kind of excessive consumption that: