our very life is food.. annam na nindyaat..

अन्नं ब्रह्मेति व्यजानात्। अन्नाद्ध्येव खल्विमानि

भुतानि जायन्ते। अन्नेन जातानि जीवन्ति।

अन्नं प्रयन्त्यभिसंविशन्तीति।

annam brahmet vyjaanaat. annadhyeva khalvimaani bhootani jaayante 

annena jaataani jeevanti. annaptrayantyabhisamvishanteeti

അന്നം ബ്രഹ്മേതി വ്യജാനാത്। അന്നാദ്ധ്യേവ ഖല്വിമാനി

ഭുതാനി ജായന്തേ। അന്നേന ജാതാനി ജീവന്തി।

അന്നം പ്രയന്ത്യഭിസംവിശന്തീതി।

TAITTIREEYA UPANISHAD SAYS

Annam or food is understood as the supreme God.. All the living beings here are originating from Annam. It is by this annam that all that are born sustain their living.. And when they cease their living existence, they enter the Annam

अन्नं न निन्द्यात्। तद्व्रतम्। प्राणो वा अन्नम्।

शरीरमन्नादम्। प्राणे शरीरं प्रतिष्ठितम्।

शरीरे प्राणः प्रतिष्ठितः। तदेतदन्नमन्ने प्रतिष्ठितम्।

स य एतदन्नमन्ने प्रतिष्ठितं वेद प्रतितिष्ठति।

अन्नवानन्नादो भवति।

महान्भवति प्रजया

पशुभिर्ब्रह्मवर्चसेन। महान् कीर्त्या॥१॥

annan na nindyaat. tad vratam. praano vaa annam

shareeram annaadam. praane shareeram pratishtitam 

shareere praanaH pratishtitaH tadetadannammanne pratishtitam

sa ya etadannmanne pratishtitam veda pratitishtathi

annavaanannaado bhavati 

mahaan bhavati prajayaa 

pashubhirbrahmavarchasen 

mahaan keerthyaa..

അന്നം ന നിന്ദ്യാത്। തദ്‌ വ്രതം। പ്രാണോ വാ അന്നം।

ശരീരമന്നാദം। പ്രാണേ ശരീരം പ്രതിഷ്ഠിതം।

ശരീരേ പ്രാണഃ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിതഃ। തദേതദന്നമന്നേ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിതം।

സ യ ഏതദന്നമന്നേ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിതം വേദ പ്രതിതിഷ്ഠതി।

അന്നവാനന്നാദോ ഭവതി।

മഹാന്ഭവതി പ്രജയാ

പശുഭിര്ബ്രഹ്മവര്ചസേന। മഹാന്‍ കീര്‍ത്യാ॥൧॥

One should never deal with food or annam with scant respect.

THAT SHOULD BE OUR SOLEMN VOW

The very life is Annam.

The physical body consumes annam and therefore the life is sustained in body'.

There can be no life without body. So verily the material body that is our physical existence is entirely dependent on Annam.. annam subsists on annam.

So Annam is life as well as the body,

The one who understands that the life body duo is entirely manifesting by the power of Annam or food.. becomes rich in food and in consumption of good food..

He becomes great, he becomes rich in progeny and cattle..

He becomes resplendent with spiritual glow..

He become very very famous.. with great repute