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ABSTRACT Ahara (food) is referenced in Ayurvedic texts as one of the three Upasthambas (Sub-pillars of the Body) that support the three main Sthambas (Pillars) of the Body. Ahara is considered necessary for the human body since it offers the basic nutrients required to carry out the basic operations of digestion and metabolism. Ayurveda emphasizes the importance of eating a balanced and nutritious diet. A physically balanced diet can frequently disrupt equilibrium. Food, when consumed in the appropriate manner, nourishes the person both physically and psychologically, and it is through food that a person achieves positive health and bodily growth. Food consumed in an unbalanced manner can induce a variety of diseases. Ayurveda clearly defines that certain diet and its combinations, which interrupts the metabolism of tissue, which inhibits the process of formation of tissue and which have the opposite property to the tissue are called as Viruddha Anna or incompatible diet. The food which is wrong in combination, which has undergone wrong processing, which is consumed in incorrect dose, which is consumed in incorrect time of day and in wrong season can lead to Viruddha Ahara.