Life cannot be sustained without food. Which is, infact, one of the basic needs of life, the other two being air and water. A person needs sufficient nourishment for growth, development and maintenance of health. Food gives healthy and energy to our body and help to prevent from disease.

Many diseases of the modern day such as obesity, diabetes, asthma, ulcer, arthritis, hypertension, CHD, migraine, cancer are all the result of digestive disorder and have their roots in the kind of food we eat and the way it is prepared or processed.

Before, the human life span is more than 100 years but now it reduces to maximum 60 years because of wrong food habit. It is also very much important that you should take right food at right time and in right quantity. If your food is healthy, you always feel fit and fine. A healthy food is very much important for our body growth as it influence the functioning of the body such as your sleep.

Nature gives lost of gift to man, one of these is fruits and vegetables. Now a day, most of people like to eat deep fried food, spicy, fast and masala foods, it lead to affect the health and causes the diseases.

Fruits are naturally looked by sunrays. Fruits and vegetables in their natural form are the best diet of man, for which man is physically and mentally most fit. Man can develop great resistance to disease with this natural food and a regular healthy life style. Fruits are easily digestible, they help cleanse the body too.

Cooking food by water, the most commonly employed method, causes moderate loss of vitamin and minerals. If excess water is used and discarded 30-70 % vitamin and minerals are lost. Should avoid deep fat frying of food and Consume more fruits and vegetable.

Nutritional value of food is more important than the amount of food. Food has a vital role in maintaining health and which has the power to prevent and cure the ailments and makes one healthy in both the physical and mental aspects.

* Satvik food
* Rajasik food
* Tamasik food

Satvik foods are fresh, wholesome, natural with good quality and natural neither over cooked nor under cooked. Once followed the satvik food maintains the person healthy and makes one free from disease and maintains the purity of body, mind, health. These food increases the Ayush and arogya (health)

Rajasik foods are spicy, salty, oily, meat, Fish, egg and artificial beverages. Once follow the Rajasik food, if arouses animal passion in man and brings a restless state of mind. It causes the disease.

Tamasik foods are meat, excess of garlic, onion, liquors, soften state and unclean foods. This makes the person dull and lazy. Thinking capacity decreases and physical illness mainly the chronic ailments are present.
How to eat:

* Emotional eating is the tenderness to eat in response to negative emotions.
*Chew thoroughly the food.
* Eat food slowly with relaxed mind and avoid heavy food during hurry and worry.
* Should not drink water in between the meals.
* Should not talk and laugh while taking food which leads, the food particle enter into the air passage.
* Eat only when you are hungry.
* Over eating causes in digestion and leads to diseases.
* Vegetables and fruits are living foods, more beneficial than cooked foods. Take more fruits, vegetables and keep life healthy and live with nature