In English
By reading some books, you get the impression that Sathwic food means milk and fruit. Sathwic food should not be interpreted as something which you take by way of your mouth alone. We have five different organs - , , , , and - that is your ears, eyes, mouth, skin, and nose. What you smell, see, hear, touch, and eat will all constitute what you take in as food. It is not right to think that only what you eat is important and that it is enough if that is sathwic. You should take sathwic food through all these organs. You should see only good things, then alone will it be described as sathwic food. If you see bad things, that is also bad. If you smell something bad through your nose, then it is also bad. If you touch something bad with your body, it means that you are taking in something bad.