"Morning Messages from Bhagavad Gita about Harms of Overcooked Food"
"Food prepared more than three hours before being eaten, food that is tasteless, decomposed and putrid, and food consisting of remnants and untouchable things is dear to those in the mode of darkness." - Bhagavad Gita 17.10
"Such foods cause distress, misery, and disease." - Bhagavad Gita 17.10
"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 darkness." - Bhagavad Gita 17.10
"Those who undergo severe austerities and penances not recommended in the scriptures, performing them out of pride, egoism, lust, and attachment, who are impelled by passion and who torture their bodily organs
"Foods that are too bitter, too sour, salty, hot, pungent, dry, and burning are dear to those in the mode of passion. Such foods cause distress, misery, and disease." - Bhagavad Gita 17.9
"That which is bitter, too sour, salty, hot, pungent, dry, and burning, producing pain, distress, and disease, is dear to those in the mode of passion." - Bhagavad Gita 17.9
"Those who prepare food for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat only sin." - Bhagavad Gita 3.13
"Beings are purified by food that is wholesome, and food is produced by rain; rain is produced by the performance of sacrifice, and sacrifice is born of prescribed duties." - Bhagavad Gita 3.14
"The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins because they eat food which is offered first for sacrifice. Others, who prepare food for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat only sin." - Bhagavad Gita 3.13
"One who is not in transcendental consciousness can have neither a controlled mind nor steady intelligence, without which there is no possibility of peace. And how can there be any happiness without peace?" - Bhagavad Gita 2.66