Dr. Steph’s Response…
This was in response to the Thought of the Day from last Thursday… I say, Touche, Dr. Steph, Touche….
“Interesting thought, but I don’t agree with the the second part of it. I think that even if we have no taste buds, people would still be over-weight. Maybe not as many, but the taste of food has actually very little to do with why people eat so much of it. A large part of it (forgive the pun) has to do with oral fixations and other psychological factors. Over-eating is a coping mechanism in some instances, so it doesn’t matter if the food they are eating is delicious or not, they are going to eat it in an attempt to feel less shitty…which doesn’t usually work.
Also, if we didn’t have taste buds, we would all die. We would have nothing to alert us that what we just decided to eat was toxic, nature would sort itself out, and only a handful of badass people with skills and edible plant guides would survive, thus creating an uber-sweet race of outdoorsy super-humans.”
~Steph
