Food and Love

All of us feel better when we eat.  There's the biology of eating:  our bodies crave nourishment and fuel.  Eating gives our body the substances it needs to function.  We need calories for energy; protein to repair and build tissue; fiber, minerals and vitamins for the myriad of biological processes that go on in our bodies.  When our bodies have what they need, we feel good.

There's the other feeling good domain, the psychology of eating.  For all of us, eating carries meaning far greater than  biological health.  To some degree, more for some and less for other, eating means taking in love.