Our forefathers were wise. Many things that they did automatically and as routine had deep meanings.
My grandmother always asked me to eat slowly and never to rush while eating. When queried, all she would say was that it is not good for health. Research has since shown that it takes about 20 minutes after the first morsel for the brain to get a signal of being satiated. Hence, if one were to eat fast, there will be a tendency to eat cram up more food than required, which is undesirable.
If someone shows a flash of temper, she would ask his wife to put less salt in his food. We used to make fun of her when she said this, but now we know that Sodim in common salt tends to increase hypertension, which automatically leads to lose of temper.
If we go to a house where death has occured, then we had to take bath outside the house, soak the dress, change to fresh dress and then only enter the house. This is basically to ensure that germs that are invisible around a dead body that can be harmful is not carried into the house. A good precaution.
Also one wont even get a cup of coffee without taking bath in the morning. Again this is basic hygiene, which we dont follow these days.
