Food as Food

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Why can’t food just be food?

Instead, the new marketing of food includes the phrase, food as fuel.

What the hell does that mean?

Can I put a turkey club in my gas tank and drive to the cottage on it? Hey honey, do you smell bacon and mayo? Are those tomatoes blowing out our vents?

Or can I drink an unleaded gasshake for extra calories?

If food as fuel means that food is good at keeping us alive, that’s a real eye-opener, isn’t it?

I was trying to get off food, but now that I know it’s my body’s fuel, ya, I’ll take those chocolate-covered onion rings please.

How about food is food. It’s not magical Harry Potter dust or the answer to all of our problems.

Some food is good food, some food is bad food.

It’s all food. Just eat the damn food.

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3 thoughts on “Food as Food”

  1. And then of course there’s food as a substitute for love (or the lack thereof). Or a way to stuff anger or other scary emotions. Or a diversion from boredom. We need a therapist to figure out why we’re hungry. Not having one doesn’t stop me from eating, however.

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