1 Gita Sloka Every Day - Chapter 17 - Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 9

The entire content of this mail is from Shri V N Gopala Desikan's  Srimad Bhagavad Gita, published by Vishishtadvaita Research Centre, Chennai and The Bhagavad Gita by Swami Chidbhavananda published by Ramakrishna Mission

The Three Kinds of Food 8-10

1 Gita Sloka  Every Day - Chapter 17 - Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga - Sloka 9

Sita Rama at Chitrakoot

katu amla lavana ati ushna teekshna ruksha vidahinah I

Ahara rajasasya ishtah dukha shokha amaya pradah II sloka 9

कटु अम्ल लवण अति उष्ण तीक्ष्ण रुक्ष विदाहिनः I 
आहार राजस्य इष्टः दुख शोख आमय  प्रदाः  II श्लोक 9

The foods that are bitter, sour, saline, over hot, pungent, dry and burning are liked by rajasika and are productive of pain grief and disease.

There is a tingling and burning in the tongue; the eyes get bloodshot and tears trickle down profusely; thenostrils water copiously; the head reels; the stomach burns -  these are the characteristics of the rajasika foods. They tell upon the duration of the life of the consumer; they are definitely injurious to spiritual practices.