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## Pindaniyukti
Taking alms from someone whose body is excessively bleeding semi-cooked blood can lead to leprosy infection.
## Benefits of Warm Food
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* **Trika Ushna:** For householders, even if they consume only Sauvira etc., their food gets digested due to the warmth of their food, bed, and clothing. They do not experience indigestion or other ailments. (Mavri P. 167)
* Food gets digested by heat.
## Why Consume Vikriti-Vigaya?
To bring lightness to the body, to increase the practice of restraint and yoga, and to gain strength, one should consume Vikriti-Vigaya. (Mavri P. 168)
## Buttermilk Kindles Digestive Fire
Buttermilk etc. kindle the digestive fire. (Ga. 318/1)
## Hunger Pain
There is no pain like hunger, therefore one should eat to alleviate it.
## Abandoning Food During Fever
One should not eat when fever arises due to fear. (Mavri P. 168)
## Exceptions to Fasting During Fever
Fasting is beneficial in fever, except for fever caused by wind, exertion, anger, grief, desire, and injury. (Mavri P. 177)