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Fresh is best-if you have to eat leftovers, make sure they are no older than a day or two and sauté with ginger and black pepper first.
Don’t eat the same foods for more than two meals in a row

When we refer to these three energies in terms of food, it is like the life of an apple; some part of it is ripening, some of it is ripe and then it is overripe - all three are always present. When we apply this understanding to our general diet we want to concentrate on the Sattvic, 'ripe foods', as much as possible because these are perfectly developed. This is fresh food, grown naturally, treated naturally

Sattva, Rajas and Tamas are the three psychic energies that form the very fabric of creation (or pure consciousness). They interact to create a unique and harmonious flow - the circle of life. Everything that 'is' goes through the process of creation - Rajas (or kinetic energy) signifies birth; Sattva (or potential energy) signifies maintenance; and Tamas (or inertia) signifies destruction. It is born, lives and dies