Gnanavanam ஞானவனம்: FIVE TYPES OF FOOD

FIVE TYPES OF FOOD

FIVE TYPES OF FOOD

There are several types of food. However, to  understand themeasily we have divided them into five types.

TYPE-1 FOODS

The first type of food consists of all foods which are natural andtasty. All uncooked foods such as fruits, coconut, cucumber, carrot, etc,which are uncooked but at the same  time  are tasty belong to thisgroup.These foods will have 100% taste. So they get 100 marks for taste.These will have 100% pranic energy. So they get another 100 marks forpranic energy. These will have 100% nutrients. So they get another 100marks for nutrients. So, totally the first type of food gets 300 marks. All the foods which can be eaten uncooked and raw but are also tastycome under this group.

TYPE-2 FOODS

The second type consists of all  uncooked but not-so-tasty foods.For example, all tasteless fruits and vegetables belong to this group.This type of foods contains 100% pranic energy. So, they get 100marks for pranic energy. These contain 100 % nutrients. So they get 100marks for nutrients. But these do not have taste. So, they get 0 marksfor taste. So, these foods get total 200 marks. So, they are grouped assecond type.

TYPE-3 FOODS

All cooked vegetables, spinach leaves, grains, etc. belong to thisthird type.When we cook a food, the taste in the food reduces by 50%. So,these foods get 50 marks for taste. Also, when a food is cooked, it loses50% of its nutrients. So these foods get 50 marks for nutrients. Alsothese foods lose 50% of their pranic energy when  cooked. So, thesefoods get 50 marks for pranic energy. So totally this type of food gets150 marks. All cooked dishes such as  Idli,  Dosa, Pongal,  Uthappam,meals, Chapati, etc. that we normally eat come under this group.

TYPE-4 FOODS

The non-vegetarian  foods come under this fourth category. Nonveg. foods contain 100% nutrients. So, they get 100 marks for nutrients.There will be no pranic energy in them. So, they get no marks for pranicenergy. There will be no taste in them. So, they get no marks for taste.So, non-veg. foods get a total of 100 marks. Therefore, it is good toavoid or reduce non-veg. foods as far as possible.But, in some countries, desert areas and hot countries, due to thenon-availability of plant foods, there may be a necessity to eat non-veg.foods. Anatomically, nothing wrong will happen to our body if we eatnon-veg. food. But,  on spiritual grounds, if our mind has developed athought that it is a sin to kill a living being, when we eat non-veg. food,that thought will create disease in our body.So, when non-veg. eaters eat the non-veg. food with the thoughtthat eating it is not a sin and eat it without any confusion in their mind,then the food gets digested properly. If they eat it with the dilemma“Can I eat it or not? Is  it right or wrong to eat it?” then that thoughtcreates diseases in the body.This is not only true for non-veg. foods but it is true for all foods. Ifwe eat any food with the clear and strong conviction and belief that it isgood for our health, then that food acts as medicine. If we eat it withthe doubtful thought that it might create disease in our body, it actuallycreates diseases. Finally, it is advisable to avoid non-vegetarian foods.

TYPE-5 FOODS

All the narcotic drugs belong to this group. These are actually notfoods. We eat some narcotics and intoxicants as if they are food items.But those items are not foods. All intoxicants such as tea, coffee, Beedi,cigarette, liquor, Beeda, Ganja, areca nut, etc. are not at all foods.How to know the difference between intoxicants and food items?All those items by eating which thrice daily we can remain alive arefood items. If we cannot remain alive just by eating some items thricedaily, then those items are not food items.Can a person remain alive just by eating coconut alone? Yes. Thencoconut is a food. Can a person remain alive just by smoking cigarettes?No. Then cigarette is an intoxicant. A person can live just by eating nonveg. food alone. So, non-veg. items are food. Can a person live just bysmoking Ganja? No. Then, it is an intoxicant.Food is an item which carries nutrients from outside into ourbody.  Intoxicant is an item which  takes away the nutrients alreadystored in our body. Therefore, when we use  a narcotic, our body willget more stamina for some specific period of time. After that, we willbe without stamina. This is because the  narcotic will  spend away thenutrients already stored in our body and thus make us less potent.Moreover, narcotics never supply any nutrients to our body.Therefore, we should never  consume narcotics at all. Manypeople say, “I go to the doctor and take treatment for several years. Butmy disease has not been cured.” But, these people never revealanything about the  narcotics they use. Therefore,  consuming tea,coffee, etc. is more injurious to our health than eating non-vegetarianfood.