Food

                                                                   Food

Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for an organism. Food is usually of plant, animal, or fungal origin

Introduction

The ritual of taking food, is more than eating and should confirm to etiquette and ritual.

•  Eating without having a bath  or 
• Without reciting a mantra:

ॐ सह नाववतु ।
सह नौ भुनक्तु ।
सह वीर्यं करवावहै ।
तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै ।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

• No less objectionable is to eat without washing hands, feet, face and rinsing the mouth.
• Food served by hungry, unclean attendants in dirty plates, in proceeded or uncongenial surroundings should be avoided.
• Food left over night is stale should not be eaten.
• One should eat well  and do full justice to the food except to  for CURD .HONEY, SALT, ROASTED GRAIN FLOUR AND GHEE.
• Taking curd at night is not wholesome.
• Nor is gorging on grain flour washed down with water after meals.

The quantity of food for an individual depends on his power of digestion.

Light articles of food such as rice, pulses, may not cause indigestion, even if taken to the full because they stimulate the power of digestion (agnibala) thanks to their dominance by vayu and agni. On other hand, heavy items such as grain flour, black gram, meat of aquatic creature may cause indigestion even in lesser quantities as they are dominated by prithvi and ap or water which are heavier than vayu and agni. They fail to stimulate digestion except in those whose digestive power is enhanced by physical activity.

A practical policy is to restrict the intake of heavy items to a third or half of the point of satiety. This applies equaly to light articles in order to maintain the digestive power in the right level.

• After dinner one should refrain from eating heavy food such as grain flour and flattened rice.(poha)
• Dried meat, lotus tubers. milk products, meat, fish, curd, black gram, and yavaka are unsuitable as staple food
• The meat of emaciated animals is forbidden from the menu
• For regular intake of rice, pulses, rock salt fruits barley, milk, ghee,  and honey are preferred.

The watch word is  to eat such food everyday that would ensure good health and prevent diseases.

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