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

We don’t. You can enjoy the smell of food. You can enjoy the look of food. You can even enjoy the feel of food with your fingers or other body parts.

I have a friend who, while she was pregnant, would ask to smell things she missed but couldn’t eat. I’m sure that was less enjoyable than eating it. But she got some pleasure from the scents.

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