"Ayuh-sattva-balarogya, sukha-priti-vivardhanah

           Rasyah snigdhah sthira hrdya, aharah sattvika-priyah

katv-amla-lavanaty-usna- tiksna-ruksa-vidahinah 

Ahara rajasasyesta duhkha-sokamaya-pradah

Yata-yamam gata-rasam puti paryusitam ca yat 

       Ucchistam api camedhyam bhojanam tamasa-priyam"

TRANSLATION

Foods in the modus operandi of goodness expands the duration of life, purify one's existence and gives brawn, well-being, contentment and gratification. Such nourishing foods are sweet, juicy, fatty and palatable. Foods that are too bitter, too sour, salty, pungent, dry and hot, are liked by people in the modes of passion. Such foods cause pain, distress, and disease. Food cooked more than three hours before being eaten, which is tasteless, stale, putrid, decomposed and unclean, is food liked by people in the mode of incomprehension.