You are what you eat
We often hear this saying, but tend to forget the significance of these words in our waking life. Food is a vital component of our life, and an essential component for our survival. In our scriptures the importance of food and its vitality is clearly described along with the function it performs. What we eat has a direct impact on our physical, mental and spiritual well-being. Whether we know this or not but every particle of food we consume affects us in a variety of ways. So, the understanding of food is equally important as its consumption. Today, our dietary practices are more associated with taste, appetite, and symbol of wealth. Surely, the food is meant for eating, but not mere eating. Many of us entitle ourselves with the name “foodie” or “food freaks”, but as Sadhguru pointed in his book Food Body , these are the result of ignorance. Sadhguru emphasized on being conscious of what you eat and how you eat. We are often told to avoid junk food. As the name suggests, “junk”