As Benjamin Franklin said, we should all 'One should eat to live, not live to eat.'
But most of us (me particularly) don't.
We love food!
We read books on food, watch TV shows about food and most of all - we love to eat nice (and naughty) food!
Which brings me to the paradox which is todays subject of annoyance.
Because - our bodies crave - nay - cannot go without, the stuff which is bad for us.
But why is this? I mean - what kind of evolution is that?
Why do potatoes taste better cut and fried than baked?
Why is chocolate so good when mixed with copious amounts of sugar & milk?
Why does celery make me feel suicidal with its boringness, whilst bacon is so good that I am (more often than is possibly normal or healthy) tempted to steal a pig in order to chew upon its yumminess.
It all makes zero sense doesn't it? We as a species have had plenty of time to get used to reasonably plentiful food within British society. We can choose now to eat what we choose, either pre-prepared or from scratch.
I understand that some of it is down to the drugs and additives they put in food, like our old friend M.S.G! But mostly, its in our own genetic chemistry to like crap.
If we were wired differently, it would be much better.
If I could get even a tenth as much excitement from a watery lettuce leaf, two celery sticks and a spring onion with a vinaigrette (consisting of just vinegar mind, no oil!) compared to something like a cheese toasty - I would be a very healthy and very skinny man indeed
And lets face it - when they try and make the unhealthy - healthy, it doesn't work either!
Sugar free gum is OK for instance - but is not as good as the sugary stuff...
I can believe its not butter you know - because it doesn't taste much like it...
Low calorie chocolate bars tend to feature more air than chocolate - or alternatively feature more oats than actually chocolate!
As a species, we probably need to come up with a new plan.
Maybe some brainwashing would help....
Rant over.
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