From IIM Ahmedabad To Happiness

Author(s): Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp Printers

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CHAPTER SIX
The Hygiene Of Food
he food that we allow our body to consume must not only be wholesome, it also needs to be pure, hygienic, aesthetic, and tender; in one word, satvik.
With just a little reflection, we would come to the conclusion that human body, by nature, is designed for vegetarian food. Humans have no physical and mental instincts of a carnivore. But, with his superior mental power, man has devised tools and equipment, not originally endowed to him by the Nature, to capture, breed and kill animals, and then, having not been designed to eat raw meat, to cook various kinds of dainties to satisfy his palate.
Food specialists are concerned only with the health of the body and as long as the food, as per their opinion, adds to the physical health of the body, it is acceptable and recommended by them. But there are other, rather important, issues involved.
Paul Vaughan is 44 years old. He has been a vegetarian for 12 years. Reproduced below is what he says about his reasons for changing over to vegetarianism:
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