Why do we eat?

[eestlinc]

I think the number one reason people eat food is because they get hungry.

[RSL]

I eat because it's the right thing to do.

[Dingo Jellybean]

I think this is a mockery of my thread on pictures.

[Jojee]

*as Quina* QUINA HUNGRY.

Hehehee anyway... I eat because it's yummy.

Edit: Lmao Dingo xD

[Psychotic]

Because the voices in my head tell me to eat the flesh of 50 fresh virgins. Or was that my mother that said that? Eh, same difference.

[Shlup]

I eat because I like my fat belly. Rowl.

I think this is a mockery of my thread on pictures.
I think the number one reason you think that is because its true. :)

[Meat Puppet]

Some people eat when they are sad, or eat because they are too fat.

To some people, food is their alcohol.

[eestlinc]

and if you are wondering how we are hungry, I think Dave Eggers has an <a href=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1932416137/qid=1109992176/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-8255824-9126248>answer</a> for you

[YukiKiro]

i eat because if i don't i die, period.

[Dixie]

I eat because I just do.

[Lucky Charms]

I eat to live, I don't live to eat.

[Del Murder]

Eating good food is also pleasurable. But yes, I would say hungry is the number one, Mr. Obvious.

[krissy]

its the cool thing to do. like smoking or drugs. anorexia just isn't as cool as it used to be.

[Faris]

Because it keeps my tummy from talking and hurting me :(

[SoulSeek139]

I eat because missing a meal could mean my body begins digesting itself. I'm so thin.

[Yamaneko]

I eat to produce ATP.

[Madonna]

I have an predeliction for sustance.

[Miriel]

its the cool thing to do. like smoking or drugs. anorexia just isn't as cool as it used to be.

I eat so that the cool kids to like me. Baaah goes the sheep.

[eestlinc]

ADENOSINE TRI-PHOSPHATE

[Jojee]

No, not bio. Please. PLEASE. Don't start *bursts out crying and starts muttering feverishly about glycogen and intercellular membrane and WHATEVER*

Also, but all the cool kids <i>don't</i> eat :p

[eestlinc]

I like the way the endoplasmic reticula of the cells in my steak taste.

[Dking'squeen]

i eat because i'm force fed

[rubah]

I eat, therefore I am.

ATP! It comes from ADP! Mix 'em together and take away the oxygen, and there you have it. or something like that.
Endoplasmic Reticulums are your best friend! Do you prefer the Rough! ER? or the Smooth ER?!

The golgi body is awful sexy. I'm not sure how it tastes though;) I like my cells intact.

[krissy]

oxidative phosphorilation :cool:

[Necronopticous]

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!

http://express.howstuffworks.com/mb-eat.htm

Well wasn't that informative?

[Zell's Fists of Fury]

I am a houseplant. I replenish my energy through photosynthisis. Yes, I've been lyiung to you all. I'm not actually Brad Pitt. Sorry to dissappoint.

[fire_of_avalon]

Here's a REAL picture of Spiff.

http://altura.speedera.net/ccimg.catalogcity.com/200000/203200/203209/Products/5291447.jpg

[Super Christ]

I eat in order to live, and because it is fun.

I eat to produce ATP.
Best. Answer. Ever.

[Yamaneko]

ADENOSINE TRI-PHOSPHATE
It's kinda neat that you can produce ATP in the cytoplasm, but only for short periods of time, and not without producing protein waste.

[Rainecloud]

Thanks for the information.

I'll keep it in mind next time I find myself eating a hamburger.

[Yamaneko]

Well, unless you start doing Taebo while you're eating, most of your ATP is produced within the Mitochondria. :p

[Del Murder]

I had a friend who drove a Mitochondria. It was cramped, but it got damn good gas mileage.

[Denmark]

how big is the gas molecule in comparison to the Mitochondria?

I eat so I can produce Spam.

[Dr.K]

Necronopticious preaches it hardcore.
I mean, take a large can of beans and a chocolate bar. The chocolate bar has around 370 kcals shall we say, and weighs 70g. The can of beans contains the same amount of calories, but weighs in at around 420g (excluding can) and will fill you up for (probably) considerably longer than the bar. It's so easy to pwn the daily calorie intake limit, and if you semi-consciously go about not to, you get deemed titles such as "health freak" and "flamenco dancer" (moreso the first).

I eat so my legs don't fall off.

[Harvest Moon]

I eat for science!

You may deem me crazy, but yes, I purposely feed myself differant amounts of calories everyday, with differant types of food, weigh/check my blood sugar/do other tests inorder to determine what side-effects occur with the intake of ceartain properties. Simply put i've made myself into a ginnie pig..

Result one: The less carbs I eat, the more energetic I feel. The goverment lies to you!

Sugar=White powder that conceivably gos directly into your bloodstream and your body "prefers" it..
Cocaine=White powder that runs through your bloodstream quickly and your body grows to like/want more of it quite fast..

Quincidence? This is how capitalism floruishes fools! They keep you on the strings of starch!

Fish and pultry have the same antioxidants as any fruit, but they tell you "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" not "gobble up a turkey jerky"..

One lemon has 150% of your vitamic C needs, ONE!! And yet the media is always brainwashing you with "drink your OJ durr!"

Calcium? Think Popeye man.. Cabbage, Spinach, Broccoli, these are the real bone-builders.. PETA was onto something when they said milk wasn't as good for you as claimed, they just went about it the wrong way..

I won't even put butter/margarine on anything anymore. Everyone just assumes trans-fat equals bad because it's a fat. WRONG!! Trans-fat equals an unsaturated fat that was mutated by man-made means.. immagine a boat shaped molocule being transformed into a chair-shaped. That's about the just of "trans-fatty acids"..

Carbs do not make you fat, they are just highly addictive and you should eat them sparingly..
Fat does not make you fat, they are just more dense in calories per gram and you can quickly forget how much you are consuming..

Infact because the average human being is more of a monkey then anything. (Even as far as brains go..) i think they should re-name "fat" IE: your beer belly or his manboobs into "leptin". Both mean the same thing but this way "fat" gets asscosiated with the calorie type and "leptin" gets asscosiated with the health risk..

And to think, I use to be both an obease person AND an annerexic.. now I'm just a fucked up health-fanatic who realizes we need to be liberated not from terrorism or some bullcrap like that but from our own evil nature..

And yes, I still like candy. I just make sure when we go to pick out a bar I always get an Atkins Advantage and rant about how they need to put'em in the school vendors. (I take GED classes now..)

[boris no no]

too much biology!!
:crying:
i'm starting to remember the horrid years of a-levels...noooooooooooooooo

[Peegee]

I eat because I'm fat!

[Tasura]

i eay because if i dont, ill start to eat something else, anything around me.

[Peegee]

I guess a more honest answer why I eat is because I'm an uncaring male oppressor who internalised my anger and rationalised it as socially acceptable behaviour.

...nope, I still like my fat answer.

[Quina]

I see I have already spoken in this thread.

[Jojee]

It's okay to speak twice xD

I.E.

I eat to be beautiful!

[amratis]

I eat because food is good and...um...tastey. Mmmmm, I'm hungry now actually *runs off to eat something* Food is so good sometimes

[Quina]

In that case I eat to gain new abilities.

[Montoya]

I eat becaue if I don't my tummy hurts. *yummy food* *rubs tummy*. Damn I'm getting fat. :D

[sephiroth JR]

i see my belly as a bed it keeps me warm and the more i eat the bigger it gets right now im sleeping in a double...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ........

[o_O]

It's okay to speak twice xD

I.E.

I eat to be beautiful!

You should be eating to grow. Maybe to break the 5' barrier. :p

[Ouch!]

I eat because it gives me stat enhancements.

[bennator]

I eat solely because it tastes good. Which is bad, considering that I have a really messed up stomach, and a lot of food makes me sick. In fact, I'm still feeling sick from a Chipotle I ate over 24 hours ago.....I know hot sauce messes me up, but I eat tons of it anyways.

[Jojee]

You should be eating to grow. Maybe to break the 5' barrier. :p

You are a mean face. You shouldn't be o_O, you should be >=O_<</>RAWR </>

;_;

PS I am 5'.

I eat for pleasure....

*drools over chocolate and ice cream*

[eestlinc]

I'm still feeling sick from a Chipotle I ate over 24 hours ago.....I know hot sauce messes me up, but I eat tons of it anyways.

Chipotle's hot sauce is awesome.