Ishwara Yoga

Food – energy for life

The human body needs food for two reasons: as fuel to produce the energy it needs and as a raw material to regenerate the body and continuously renew the tissues. A pure and natural diet is the best way to support our body’s two basic needs.

"The right kind of food is most important.

Half the illnesses of the nation are due to an ill-balanced diet. There is no mystery about diet. It can be learnt very easily. Have a good knowledge of diet and nutrition. You can save doctors' bills. You can build a healthy constitution. Eat moderately what you know by experience is agreeable to you and what is digestible. Simple diet is the best."

Swami Sivananda

The sun – energy source of all life

All energy comes from the sun. So the closer our food is to this source, the more energy it has. Human beings can only draw vitamin D and life energy (prana) directly from the sun, whereas plants use photosynthesis to convert sun energy into matter. Therefore, a vegetarian diet delivers nutrients directly ‘from the source’. Meat or fish, by contrast, contains only ‘second hand’ nutrients – the natural energy of the plants has already been metabolised in the body of the animal.