Imagine this situation: you are really very hungry
and three food dishes are placed before you. You look at them and find that food
on those dishes is unknown to you. You are allowed to choose and eat just one
of the three dishes. You look at them one by one – on one dish, the food is
colorless, odorless and bland. The next dish gives out a delicious aroma, but
the food appears messy. The final dish is well organized and has a delicious aroma.
What will be your choice?
For most people, their choice will be the dish with
food neatly arranged and having a nice aroma. The choice may not change even if
they are informed that the bland food is the most nutritious.
Talking about food, there really are two kinds of
people – the first kind are people who eat to live and the second kind are
those who live to eat. People of the second kind want their food to seem appetizing.
They invest considerable time and effort to make sure that the aroma, looks
and taste of their food is as perfect as possible.
Do you know? We really do not need the food that we
eat.
Yes, you read it right! Why do we eat? Any five-year
old will tell you that our body digests food and draws energy from it. Nutrients
and glucose from food gets infused into our body and blood stream. Once food
passes the taste buds in your tongue, your body may not care if the food is
odorless, colorless or bland, as long as it contains essential nutrients.
Imagine if some time in future, we find a way to directly infuse energy into
our body and then we may have no use for our taste buds, even our tongue, teeth
and the digestive system. This thought is not very far-fetched – look at how
plants absorb energy from sunlight through photosynthesis.
So, those exotic recipes, cookery shows, cooking
courses, contests, books, tips; all this…may be such a waste.
