Why do we have to actually ingest food to enjoy it?

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The other day I was eating some junk food and wishing there was a way I could just enjoy the taste of the food instead of it actually going into my body.

But if you were to just chew it then spit it out, it would be extremely unsatisfying and probably worse then just not putting it in your mouth at all.

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One thing I haven’t seen in the top comments here which is relevant; your body begins the process of digestion and preparing to digest food at the point you put food in your mouth. So it’s not just your mouth and taste buds which are involved at this point. You’re not feeling satisfied if you spit out that tasty chocolate because you’ve just told your brain and via your brain, your stomach that it can expect to receive some sugary nutrition and energy and it’s started preparing the rest of your digestive system for that bounty.

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