We not need the amount of food we consume in this day and age to function well.
The basic premise of the yogic diet is that we can achieve good health and vitality with less food, by the removal and continued avoidance of toxins in our body and with the absorption of prana, or cosmic energy. We not need the amount of food we consume in this day and age to function well. The ability to absorb prana is an inherent ability of all human beings, and is likened to the ability of plants to convert sunlight into sugars for their food; sunlight is one of the best sources of prana. Prana is in everything, it is what creates vitality in life, though the amount of prana differs – the prana of junk food versus fresh, homegrown vegetables for example, or polluted city air versus the clean sharp air of the mountains. Our ability to absorb prana is limited by various environmental, emotional and physical factors, and if we can learn how to successfully navigate and overcome these limitations, we can harness the great vitality that prana absorption gives us. Reduction of food intake is both part of the path to becoming more able to cultivate prana and a result of increased prana absorption.