Nutritive levels- The Sapta Dhatus

Food consumed by us, nourishes our bodies. It happens in a particular fashion. Ayurveda believes that this process gets completed in seven steps – one by one or all simultaneously. These seven steps hold body and nourish it by their activities and abilities. These are known “Sapta – Dhatus”. These are:

Rasa:
Provides nourishment to all other six buddies of its. It's a transporter of body – Plasma fluids.

Rakta:
Works like Rasa in movement, provides energy to all other five provides color/complexion to body. Blood!!

Mamsa:
It covers the body and gives movements to the body, Muscular system of the body.

Meda:
Collects the energies and stores it for the strengths of the body, Adipose tissue, along with other components, which are liable to store energy in them.

Asthi:
Bears the body, make it to stand upright as does the skeletal system for us.

Majja:
Responsible for love and nourishment as its structure is also smooth and soft. As it fills the gap in bones, it can be said- marrow!

Shukra:
After nourishment of the body, rest will go for the coming generation. Important for reproductive capacities of a person, or can be said a power nourishing the reproductive strengths of a person. These seven together hold up the body and provide strength for life.