Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Proverbs
231. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here.
Eat to live, not live to eat. Okay. So of course when we hear this eat
to live means that you're eating really just to
survive. Just for sustenance. Just to not die. So
you eat to live. That's the your main purpose for
eating is so that you can stay alive and that you don't die.
All right. If we say live to eat... anytime we say, you live to do
something, like maybe you know, somebody might live to ...
I don't know paint art or somebody might live to go
skydiving. This is your main enjoyment. This is the main reason you want to stay
alive. So you could enjoy this activity or you know this is your main purpose or
your main goal. You live to do this. You maybe you live
to help people. Whatever it is that you live to do, that
means you know that's your main activity. That's what you enjoy the most.
That's your that's what you feel like is your purpose for going on. You live to do
this. This is the reason why you continue with
your life. So that you could do this. Okay. So since we said that let's
continue here. Let's look at the note. If someone
says to eat to live not live.to eat , it means that
one should not be gluttonous. You know or one
should not overeat and eating should not be your
main enjoyable activity. One should
eat to have a good healthy diet. So don't be gluttonous. Don't be a pig.
Don't just overeat. Yes. Basically, your main goal for
eating is should be you know, for nutrition and
to keep your body healthy. That's kind of what the idea is about.
Yeah. So some that's why often you might hear this proverb used a lot
in magazines that are about health too. All right. Let's continue.
The origin of this proverb is sometimes
attributed to two different famous people.
One is Socrates all the way back from you know , the old
Greek empire basically. And the other is Benjamin Franklin.
So not really sure which one said it but both of them are often given credit
as being the one who originally said this quote and
made this proverb. All right. Let's continue. And we just have three
examples here. Example number one. Some doctors who
treat morbidly obese patients. Remember if
you're obese it already means that you know you're probably too heavy
you're already to the point where it's kind of unhealthy heavy. You should
lose weight , but if you're morbidly obese that's that's even much more extreme.
You're much more overweight. It's a much more serious case. Probably
somebody's like about 100 pounds overweight or more
might be in the morbidly obese category. If you're just like 10 pounds overweight
or even 10 kilo overweight or whatever you might be obese, but you're not in the
morbidly obese category. Let's continue. So some doctors who treat
morbidly obese patients and advise them
and advise them to eat to live, not live to eat. So just eat to
you know, try to survive don't make this your main activity.
You know, so you got to cut down on food basically. That's what they're
saying. Let's continue. Many health articles
sometimes ask the question and so they slightly
change the proverb a little. Do you eat to live or live to eat ?
Yes. Sometimes you've often heard that So they'll put into a question
form, instead of like eat to live not live
not yeah, not live to eat. So they'll say do you do this ? Which one do you do ?
All right. So and you know obviously they think that you should probably
eat to live more. Or you know, that doesn't mean that you can't
enjoy some good delicious dessert or snack once in a while , but you know just
don't overdo it basically. You should try to have a healthy diet.
All right. Let's continue. And number three here. Eat to live, not live to eat
is a proverb to discourage over- eating.
Okay. Great. I hope you got it. I hope it's clear. I hope it's very
informative. I hope it was even food for thought. Thanks for
your time. Bye-bye.