Why do we eat?

Why do we eat? What is the purpose of ingestion of each morsel that touches our mouth? Do we live to eat or eat to live? And ultimately, does food matter?

The human body is a complex ecosystem made up of trillions of cells that need energy to function. However, energy itself is not enough. Similar to any economy of scale, our bodies need high-quality energy so it can be converted with utmost efficiency into differentiated products which in turn power a multitude of demanding and discerning organs. This high-paced, high-efficiency production must meet the ebb and flow of demand without a glitch or a breakdown in its chain.

These principles are easily visualized when applied to a mechanical object such as a high-performance vehicle. A high-performance, fine-tuned car, like a Ferrari, requires high-quality fuel and specialized maintenance. If one were to forgo these necessities and use dirty fuel or fuel mixed with water devoid of ingredients the engine requires, the car engine and all its components will be compromised. It will fail, it will break.

Our bodies are extremely complex intertwined ecosystems that require high-quality raw ingredients to function well. It is not pure calorie in and calorie out. It is not enough to consume each macronutrient. We need nutritionally dense, cleanly sourced, clearly defined ingredients that our body can recognize and easily convert into energy products that can be rapidly deployed to demanding organs. Our bodies would function optimally when we give it the highest performance fuel. This fuel is non-processed whole foods rich in protein and fat, the building blocks of our ecosystem.