Today I was thinking about food. I was thinking about the taste of food, different types of food, etc... And this question occurred to me. What if flavored food didn't exist? What if nothing in the universe had any taste at all. Or perhaps, what if humans were born without taste spuds on their tongues, and it's only purpose was to shape food for swallowing? Think about it. People would just eat things as is, and cooking would only be so that there isn't any bacteria or germs left in the food that you are eating. Now, here's a list of pros and cons that I have created about not being able to taste food.
Pros:
You can eat vegetables and fruits, and everyone would have a healthy/nutritious diet because who cares, you can't taste things anyway.
People would be able to eat in proper moderation, due to no crave to eat more.
You would only eat when the body tells you that you are hungry, eating would become a necessity rather than something you want to do.
Diabetes and obesity would no longer be an issue in the United States, or anywhere for that matter. They would most likely be unheard of.
Tossing salad would never be a problem. Heheheh.
Cons:
As for cons, I will post a section of an article I found on a site called Chicago Tribune. This is basically the cons of not being able to taste.
"You lift the apple to your mouth.
In a moment you will taste that fresh sweetness with a hint of tartness, that essence of apple that makes this one of your favorite foods.
You bite into it, and —
Nothing.
No sweetness. No tartness. No sensory reminder of farmers markets, orchards in autumn and ice-cream-topped pies.
I couldn't taste it.
I recently lost my sense of taste — actually, I later found out, my sense of smell and therefore my ability to taste — while I had a cold.
Suddenly, everything tasted the same. Cereal. Spaghetti. Goat cheese. Thai broccoli with beef.
It was a bizarre and depressing experience. Why bother eating? The pleasure is not in filling your belly with food, but in the taste of it. All those interesting and complex flavors, from the comfortingly familiar to the delightfully new — they're the reason you sigh and murmur, "Yum."
Without taste, every meal is a disappointment. You expect a certain taste; you get none. Bite after bite, for as long as you force yourself to eat.
I tried treating myself as a science experiment. Could I taste something particularly sweet or tangy? Chocolate pudding? No. Sharp cheddar cheese? No." - Written by Barbara Brotman, a writer on Chicago Tribune
