Isn’t it amazing how life turns death back into life?
A quick quantum lesson in bioenergetics and the transformation of food (dead things) into life
One of the great mysteries of life is how we eat dead matter (call it food) and turn it into life. This daily transformation is amazing when you really think about it! There is still so much we are learning about digestion and how we turn food into energy.
“The thing is, we are all, in a sense, supper. Walking, talking, breathing suppers, that’s what we are. Take you, for instance. YOU are about to be eaten by ME, so that makes you supper. That’s obvious. But even a murderous carnivore like myself will be supper for worms one day. We’re all snatching precious moments from the peaceful jaws of time.”
-Cressida Crowell
While it may be true we need to eat to live, there’s a shift in our understanding of bioenergetics happening that is changing the way we look at food. This is beyond the idea of empty calories. This is getting at the idea that the MAIN purpose of food is to provide bulk materials, and not to provide energy at all. How could this be? This is an i…