The most obvious reason people eat food is to provide the body with necessary foods that contain vitamin and minerals we need to remain healthy and fit. We also eat foods if they look good. Foods that add variety to our consumption are often eaten more out of curiosity than need. But these are the secondary reasons people eat food. What is the real reason people eat food?

When you invite someone to your home, what is the first thing you make sure you have on hand? Attractive and appetizing food. We make sure we fill their stomachs even if they are not hungry. We will feed them before they leave our homes. Food in this case is eaten as a socialization mechanism. It is used to encourage conversation and interaction among the guess.

Some people use food as a coping tool. Some people eat when they are stressed. Its the noise in the head from eating that drowns out the thoughts of things that upset us. Food is used to celebrate something important in life. Food becomes a  pacifier. It is soothing to the pain people sometimes feel in their lives.

What happens when two people are intimately interested in each other? They go to dinner. Are they interested in the food. Not hardly! They use the  food as a tool that could be used  to escalate the relationship. In this case the food is used like a love portion. It is used to appeal to the person on interest.

If food were used as it was intended, to nourish our bodies, then the western countries would not have the weight problems we are currently experiencing.  As much as we love the thought of eating food, it is not used in the manner it was intended.