Tamsik
Tamsik (Ignorance, Inertia, Laziness) . Tamasic foods are believed to increase weakness and laziness. " Tamas is for sleep, stupidity, ignorance." "Tamas means inertia." Harmony (sattva ), mobility ( rajas) , inertia ( tamas ) such are the qualities, All these qualities stem from brain, and some times one quality prevails and sometimes the other. The head is the center of Sattvic qualities which control discrimination, the trunk of Rajasic qualities which control passion, emotion and actions; and the region below the diaphragm of Tamsic qualities which controls sensual pleasures like the enjoyment of food and drink and the thrills and the pleasure of sex. Tamsik food Foods that decrease the energy of the body are considered tamasic. Cold and stale food is Tamsik a