Mindful Eating - Fabric
by GoopSwagger
Mindful Eating, a Fabric mod for 1.20.1, changes how hunger drains so that the food group of the last meal eaten affects exhaustion.
What it does
Exhaustion is the value that drains saturation and then hunger. Mindful Eating ties that drain to the food group the player last ate, so that eating a varied diet spreads the effect across activities. Each group reduces exhaustion from a configured set of activities, such as sprinting, jumping, running, mining and healing. Activity that the diet supports costs less food, so the same amount of food can last about four times as long when the player is doing valid activities.
The mechanic is shown through the hunger bar icons, which change to reflect the food group of the last food eaten. The mod depends on Diet, and it reads Diet's food group data through Diet's API to decide which group applies. When the mod is removed, Diet's regular exhaustion mechanics return, and the reduction percentage and the relationships between groups and exhaustion sources can be changed in the config, with defaults provided. The mod also works alongside visual hunger bar changes from other installed mods. It is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 only and runs on client and server.
Key features
Food group exhaustion
Exhaustion loss is tied to the food group of the last meal, reducing the drain on saturation and hunger.
Activity-based reduction
Sprinting, jumping, running, mining and healing each have a configured relationship with the food group that lowers exhaustion.
Hunger bar icons
The hunger bar icons change to show which food group the last meal belonged to, so the effect stays visible.
Configurable values
Reduction percentages and the links between food groups and exhaustion sources can be adjusted, with default values supplied.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
A Balanced Diet is a Fabric and Forge mod for 1.20 – 1.20.6, open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 or later, and it runs on client and server. HealthNFoodTweaker is a server-side only Fabric mod for 1.20.1 under the MIT License. Simple Nutrition covers 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 on Fabric, is open source under the MIT License and runs on client and server. Mindful Eating differs by building on a separate food group system and changing exhaustion rather than adding a standalone nutrition system.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mindful Eating - Fabric | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-04-11 |
| A Balanced Diet | Fabric and Forge | 1.20 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-10-03 |
| HealthNFoodTweaker | Fabric | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2025-06-10 |
| Simple Nutrition | Fabric | 1.18.2 – 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-09-09 |
Questions
Does Mindful Eating need Diet installed?
Does the mod have to be installed on both sides?
Can it be used with a hunger bar overlay mod?
In the catalog
Mindful Eating - Fabric is one of 6,151 Food mods on ModsFinder, and one of 2,715 Food mods for Fabric. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Mindful Eating is a mod that attempts to encourage diversity of diet without negatively affecting player experience. It aims to achieve this in a few ways. This mechanic is communicated through the changing of the hunger bar icons, which will now reflect the group of the last food that you ate. When you are doing an…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/mindful-eating-fabric
- Owner
- GoopSwagger
- Published
- 2024-04-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-04-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15