Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]The foods which increase life, energy, strength, health, joy and cheerfulness, which are savoury and oleaginous, substantial and agreeable, are dear to the Sattvic.
BG 17.8
आयुःसत्त्वबलारोग्यसुखप्रीतिविवर्धनाः । रस्याः स्निग्धाः स्थिरा हृद्या आहाराः सात्त्विकप्रियाः ॥
āyuḥ-sattva-balārogya-sukha-prīti-vivardhanāḥ | rasyāḥ snigdhāḥ sthirā hṛdyā āhārāḥ sāttvika-priyāḥ ||
"Sāttvic food enhances life, sattva, strength, health, joy, delight — savoury, oleaginous, substantial, heart-pleasing."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]The foods which augment vitality, energy, strength, health, cheerfulness, and appetite, which are savoury and oleaginous, substantial and agreeable, are liked by the Sattvika.
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]Foods which are agreeable to all, oleaginous, nutritive, and strengthening, and which are liked by the sattvic, augment life, intellect, strength, health, pleasantness, and cheerfulness.
K.M. Ganguli, The Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva (1883–96)
[13]Those kinds of food that increase life's period, energy, strength, health, well-being and joy, which are savory, oleaginous, nutritive, and agreeable, are liked by God.