# Food > [!summary] > *Food, eating, cooking, and digestion provide everyday imagery for understanding spiritual nourishment and the effects of material existence.* ## Sugar Candy for Jaundiced ### Chanting Cures Material Disease Sugar candy tastes bitter to one with jaundice, but the medicine for jaundice is sugar candy itself. Similarly, chanting may seem unpalatable at first but is the cure for material disease. ![[cc/antya/1/193|sugar]] —Cc. [[cc/antya/1/193|Antya 1.193]] ## Watering the Root ### Serving the Lord Satisfies All As watering the root of a tree nourishes all branches and leaves, serving the Supreme Lord automatically satisfies all living beings. ![[sb/4/31/14|root]] —SB [[sb/4/31/14|4.31.14]] See also: [[sb/8/5/49|SB 8.5.49]] ## Feeding the Stomach ### Lord as Center As food given to the stomach nourishes the entire body, service offered to the Lord satisfies everyone connected to Him. ![[sb/4/31/14#purport|stomach]] —SB [[sb/4/31/14|4.31.14]] Purport ## Chewing the Chewed ### Repeated Material Enjoyment Pursuing material pleasure repeatedly is like chewing what has already been chewed—extracting no new taste, only frustration. ![[sb/7/5/30|chewing]] —SB [[sb/7/5/30|7.5.30]] ## Milk and Serpent ### Good and Bad Association Milk is nourishing, but milk touched by serpent's lips becomes poison. Good qualities are contaminated by bad association. ![[sb/4/14/42#purport|milk serpent]] —SB [[sb/4/14/42|4.14.42]] Purport ## Milk Products ### Varieties from One Source From milk comes curd, butter, and ghee—different products from one source. Similarly, different scriptures and teachings come from one Supreme source. ![[sb/10/14/59#purport|milk products]] —SB [[sb/10/14/59|10.14.59]] Purport ## Cooking and Fire ### Process Requires Heat As cooking requires heat to transform ingredients, spiritual transformation requires the fire of devotional practice. ![[sb/4/22/17#purport|cooking]] —SB [[sb/4/22/17|4.22.17]] Purport ## Types of Food ### Three Modes Foods in goodness (fresh, nourishing), passion (overly spiced, stimulating), and ignorance (stale, decomposed) affect consciousness accordingly. ![[bg/17/8-10|food modes]] —Bg. [[bg/17/8-10|17.8-10]] ## Offered Food ### Prasādam Food offered to the Lord becomes spiritualized—even a grain of rice becomes transcendental when offered with devotion. ![[bg/3/13#purport|offered]] —Bg. [[bg/3/13|3.13]] Purport *Complete reference: [[index/entries/analogies|Analogies Index]]* *See also: [[wiki/analogies/three-modes|Three Modes]], [[wiki/analogies/devotional-service|Devotional Service]], [[wiki/analogies/animals|Animals]]*