Is it for nourishment or pleasure/enjoyment? Or both?
2007-07-27 11:01:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Some food is used for nourishment but I'd say that Chocolate is a pleasure/enjoyment food and it can also be a comfort food.
2007-07-31 07:30:30 · answer #1 · answered by Jess 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think food's most basic purpose is nourishment, but no one can deny that it can also be pleasurable and enjoyable, too - especially when you're eating in the company of friends. It's part of the entertainment experience. However, it's so easy to start using it as a crutch - something to turn to when you're depressed or lonely - it becomes addictive in some ways - both physically and psychologically. Unfortunately, the foods that make you feel better (at least while you're eating them) are never the foods that are the healthiest and most nutritious!
2007-07-27 18:50:28 · answer #2 · answered by Julianne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It used to be for nourishment. However now that most people have a lot more food, I'd say its for pleasure/enjoyment.
2007-07-27 18:04:06 · answer #3 · answered by stephanie04320 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
neither . "food's" only purpose , be it animal or vegetable or somewhere in between - is to go forth and be fruitful
( mutiply ) , it is just a happy co-incidence for us , that it is a ready supply of nutrients and enjoyment . personally , when i really haven't had much food ( as in literally a starving student) i find that the pleasure aspect was the most important one , although obviously i was consuming enough calories to live . but i would skip eating for a couple of days , rather than eat unsatisfying food . i remember once spending my bus money on a can of coke , and some no name 2 minute noodles , ' cos i really wanted to eat an enjoyable "meal"- nothing has ever tasted SO great .
2007-07-27 18:37:59 · answer #4 · answered by sendmeo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Historically, food has been the body's equivalent of oil, gas, coal, wood, electricity, or a wind mill. Keeps the wheels turning and the "home" fires burning. It provides many nutrients necessary to keep us alive.The other two we need are air and water. Of course advertisers are busy 24/7 promoting the pleasures of food, which is one reason many Americans are overweight. As my grandma, a nurse, used to say "you can eat to live or live to eat." For lots of us in this well nourished country its a little bit of both.
2007-07-27 18:29:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The purpose of food, primarily, is nurishment. However, with the isolation of nurishment (via supplements) and the lack of nutritional value of modern food, I'd say it's inching more toward pleasure because our choices of food does more harm than good.
2007-07-27 19:10:31 · answer #6 · answered by Ava-Marie Germaine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Energy so I can go roller bladding, kick boxing, hicking, swimming, dancing, step class, cleaning, and of course .... energy to help me flip the channels with my thumb on the remote control.
It's also medicine ... helping with mental, and physical challenges ... driving away cancers ... waking up the mind ... and keeping a stable happy being.
2007-07-27 18:57:52 · answer #7 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Survival. I eat because I have to eat. If I could do so without any problems arising, I would never eat again. I don't enjoy food. We can say that gluttony just isn't an issue for me.
2007-07-27 18:14:14 · answer #8 · answered by guru 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The purpose of food in my opinion is to get people to swallow my opinion more willingly. (Deep fried foods typically work the best.)
2007-07-27 18:59:14 · answer #9 · answered by two11ll 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is to support food writers and cooking shows.
2007-07-27 18:06:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋