You’re making a bad assumption. There is no such this as good or bad food. Period.
What there is are good and bad choices pertaining to food. It’s more math based than anything. If you have 2000 calories a day in your food budget, and you are going to bed eating only 1400 calories, 600 calories of ice cream is a good choice because your body is under calorie and fat requirement for the day. If you’re already at 2200 calories for the day, an organic whole grain avocado sandwich with extra virgin oil and organic apples is a bad choice and will cause weight gain because you’re over budget.
High calorie foods taste good because evolution wise they help us survive better. 99.9% of human history people were malnourished, and high calorie high fat foods meant survival.
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Reply to ELI5: Why is unhealthy food delicious? by TheFek
You’re making a bad assumption. There is no such this as good or bad food. Period.
What there is are good and bad choices pertaining to food. It’s more math based than anything. If you have 2000 calories a day in your food budget, and you are going to bed eating only 1400 calories, 600 calories of ice cream is a good choice because your body is under calorie and fat requirement for the day. If you’re already at 2200 calories for the day, an organic whole grain avocado sandwich with extra virgin oil and organic apples is a bad choice and will cause weight gain because you’re over budget.
High calorie foods taste good because evolution wise they help us survive better. 99.9% of human history people were malnourished, and high calorie high fat foods meant survival.
if it fits your macros is a science and math based “diet”