The yogic approach is the one that keeps the body healthy enough so it doesn’t create problems that disturb our inner peace.
But the subject is even more complex than that. Obsession over vegetarianism, food intake and the effect it has on the body can have the exactly opposite result than the one we are seeking. We practice yoga to stop over identifying with our body. By obsessing and over monitoring our food choices we become more and more attached to it. The yogic approach is the one that keeps the body healthy enough so it doesn’t create problems that disturb our inner peace. Ideally we should eat and then forget about it.