Food is the most
important factor in people’s lives. Since the beginning of human being’s
history, people have gathered, hunted and planted all kinds of food. Why is
food so important? In my opinion, food plays different roles such as material
support and spiritual satisfaction in our lives.
Firstly, food
provides material support to people. Food is our basic sustenance. It is
ingested by an organism and assimilated by the organism's cells in an effort to
produce energy, maintain life, or stimulate growth. Besides the need to
survive, we also need food to provide energy in our daily activities such as
study and work. What is more, food contains many nutrients, such as carbohydrates,
fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals.
These substances are essential to our health. In some areas, people also use
food therapies to cure some liinesses. For example, Chinese people are used to
eating pork liver to treat anemia.
Secondly, food is
also very important for people’s spiritual satisfaction. We enjoy the
processes, both in preparing the food and in eating them. Spouses spend several
hours preparing food for the ones they love. Those who eat them enjoy not only
the delicious food but also love. Both food and the ways we eat have artistic
expressions. We can find many beautiful books that teach us how to prepare food
and eat food. In addition, food is a very useful method of communication. After
a whole day of working and studying, dinner time becomes the warm and relaxing
moment for family members. Parents and children eat, talk, listen and laugh. If
we have dinner with friends, we can share our happiness and sadness. Furthermore,
we often make agreements of business at dinner tables.
Therefore, food
not only provides material support to people but also bring us spiritual
satisfaction. We cannot live without food. We also need food to seek a
high-quality life style. All of us appreciate the gift from nature: food.
Grace
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