charity and the pursuit of spiritual salvation, and who takes food and drinks that are wholesome to him, will not fall to approaching diseases except for special reasons.
The disciplined man who practices wholesome diet lives for a period of 36000 nights i.e. hundred years, is blessed by good people and is free from disease.
As Lord Atreya had mentioned, the source of life for all living beings is food and all living beings are food and all the world seeks food. Complexion, clarity, good voice, long life, understanding, happiness, satisfaction, growth, strength and intelligence are all established in food.
Whatever is beneficial for worldly happiness, whatever pertains to the vedic sacrifices leading to heaven and whatever actions lead to spiritual salvation are said to be established through food.