Why we eat food ?

Answer 1

For nourishment. <*-*>

Answer 2

Human beings eat a lot of food. A typical human eats over a thousand pounds of food every year.

Why do we eat so much? There are two big reasons: building blocks and fuel.

Your body uses the building blocks in two different ways. When you are growing, you are adding new building blocks to your body. Your body is also repairing itself - taking out old blocks and replacing them with new ones.

The building blocks of your body are protein, and that's why you are supposed to eat plenty of it. If you don't eat enough protein, it is hard to grow.



The other thing your body needs is fuel. Just like a car needs gasoline, your body needs fuel so that your muscles can move and your brain can think.

Have you ever roasted marshmallows and had one catch on fire? Marshmallows burn because they contain a lot of energy, in the form of sugar. We measure the fuel coming into your body in terms of calories.

The funny thing is that in today's society, Calories are everywhere. Pick up any snack food and you are looking at lots of calories.

For example, a single peanut M&M contains 12 calories. A big snack-size bag of M&Ms has 500 calories in it. Most kids need less than 1,500 calories per day - one bag of M&Ms is one- third of all the calories you need.

This cornucopia of calories is why obesity has become a problem in America. Unless a person is careful, it is really easy to take in too much fuel. Our bodies store all the excess fuel as fat.

It's something to think about the next time you grab a snack!

Hope I Helped and Hope You Don't get fat!!

Answer 3

Food is like fuel in a car, if we don't have it our body will start slowing down and we'll be sick. We also have to eat food to keep us healthy, and fresh. If we don't eat food, we can die in 2 weeks time. Food is very important to the human body, because it's the 'fuel' of our body. And without food, our body will be sick, and if we are sick or unhealthy, we let viruses in. If we eat food and be healthy, usually viruses don't come into our body.

Let's get into the point: We need food to live.

Answer 4

well, we eat food because it gives our body nutrients to go throughout the day. it gives us energy. plus we need it so our stomachs dont eat themselves. u have to eat so we dont get sick. we could die if we dont eat. food is good, so eat a well balanced diet so ur body can be heathy!

Answer 5

So we would have something to be metabolized by our body in order have the energy that we need in order to live. We are living things. We need food to keep us alive. ^_^

Answer 6

I don't think there is an alternative...........is there?????

Nutrients, antibodys, fluids to sustain life all comes from ingestion of foods.

Answer 7

To keep living quite obviously.

Answer 8

well if ya don't wanna eat then ya don't have to but if ya stop eating there'll be dire consequences and ya know as well as i do that ya gotta eat ya idiot. DUUH!

Answer 9

we eat food coz we get our energy from food and if we don`t eat food we would whither and die or be VERY HUNGARY!!!!!!!!=)

Answer 10

for nutrition young Daniel son...... I mean choco taco

Answer 11

So our bodies can give us energy so we don't fall out half dead.