You may wonder what all the fuss is about when it comes to what you eat. Why does it even matter what you eat? Food is food, right?

In fact, food is nutrition, not just for our bodies, but also for our spirits and senses. While we may not worry about the amount of saturated fat or monounsaturated fat we eat, our bodies certainly do.

Over a certain period of time, saturated fats can lead to a build up of arterial plaque, which can cause damage to your heart, even causing heart attacks. Having too much salt in your food can  contribute to the development of kidney problems and high blood pressure. Eating too much sugar and simple carbohydrates can be directly implicated in the development of type two diabetes.

We tend to think that everything that tastes bad is good for you, and anything that tastes nice is bad for you, but this assumption is very wrong. Freshly made meals compared to microwave meals will always taste a lot better and will win in the taste test every single time.

Taste is considered to be the most complex human sense and it is definately the one that we understand the least. The fact that our taste buds are hot wired with our noses tends to make things even more complex. The best meals are those that appeal to both our sense of smell and our sense of taste. In fact, smell always comes first. If the aroma of a meal does not seem appealing, then we would never consider eating one bite of the meal.

This connection is a reason why herbs such as mint and rosemary are extremely popular in creating dishes. When the meal smells delicious, it increases our appetite for it. On the other hand if it smells bad, then our brains our wired to make us think that the food is spoiled and puts us off wanting to eat it.