We must remember that it is not only the type and quantity of food that determines whether its intake is healthy or not; other factors like the strength of the digestive fire, mode of processing, types of food that are processed together, types of food that are eaten together in the same meal, when the food is eaten, how the food is eaten, where the food is eaten, what is done after the meal is over etc. too play a very important role in making the food taken health or unhealthy. Ayurveda dwells on all these points in great detail. We will go over them as briefly as possible to give you an idea of the different factors and how they should be considered in formulating your diet.