So are the sacrifice, austerity, and charity. Now hear the distinction between them. The foods that promote longevity, virtue, strength, health, happiness, and joy are juicy, smooth, substantial, and nutritious. Persons in the mode of goodness like such foods. The food we eat becomes divided into three con stituents.
Food is called the root of the body-tree.
A healthy body and mind is the prerequisite for success in spiritual life. Mind will be healthy if body is healthy. Persons in the mode of goodness like vegetarian foods. One can also become a noble person by taking vegetarian food, because one be comes what one eats. Truth is revealed to a pure mind.