Ahara is the foremost among the three pillars of the healthy life. It is the basic and essential factor which supports other two (sleep and celibacy or non celibacy). Ayurveda has given details of proper diet to be followed in the process to obtain an ideal status of health. Ayurveda says that our body is composed of tridoshas (vata, pitta and kapha) and improper dieting leads to their vitiation which gives rise to various diseases. Vata is the union of Akasa and Vayu, Pitta with Agni and Jala, Kapha with Prithvi and Jala. According to Ayurveda, everything in this universe is composed of these Panchamahabhuthas (Akasha, Vayu, Jala, Agni and Prithvi).
