Do Not Over Eat ; As instructed to us by the Qur’an; people over eat and drink!
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As for spiritual benefits: humbleness of heart, strength of understanding, lessening of lower desires, lessening of personal opinions and anger, while overeating induces the opposites of all of those. Al-Hasan Al-Basree said: “O, son of Adam, eat with one third of your stomach and drink with one third and leave one third of your stomach to breathe so that you may think.”
Messenger of Allaah saying: “No human ever filled a vessel worse than the stomach. Sufficient for any son of Aadam are some morsels to keep his back straight. But if it must be, then one third for his food, one third for his drink and one third for his breath.” [Ahmad, At-Tirmidhee, An-Nasaa’ee, Ibn Maajah – hadeeth saheeh.]
Ibn Umar: A man said to Ibn Umar: “Shouldn’t I bring you some jawarish?” Ibn Umar said: “What is that?” He said: “Something which aids in digesting your food after you eat.” Ibn Umar said: “I have not eaten to being full for four months. That is not because I am not able to do so, but I was with a group of people who were hungry more than they were full.”
Not reaching your goals: Muhammad ibn Wasi said: “Whoever eats little will understand and make others understand and will be clear and humble. Overeating weighs a person down and keeps him from much of what he wants [to accomplish].”
Al-Hasan Al-Basree: “The test of Aadam, alayhis-salaam, was food and it is your test until Qiyama.” And, it used to be said: “Whoever takes control of his stomach gets control of all good deeds.” And: “Wisdom does not reside in a full stomach.” One day, Al-Hasan offered some food to his companion who said: “I have eaten until I am no longer able to eat.” To which Al-Hasan said: “SubhaanAllaah! Does a Muslim eat until he is no longer able to eat?”
