If eating wasn't necessary.

[Eggys]

Pretend it's the future and we have developed the technology to make nutrition pills. Instead of eating, all you have to do is take a pill or two in the morning and you'll feel fine for the rest of the day.

You won't get urges to eat, you won't feel hungry. The pills have all the calories, sodium, sugar and whatever you need in just the right levels.

Would you trade your regular eating lifestyle for one like this? Personally I'd be the first one to try this if it ever comes out.

[lawlmaster]

Oh fuck man don't tell my you've stop eating now.

[xports]

Hell no. I love my food.

[richler]

of course not is not natural

[TheGimped]

I might take them on occasions, but I'd still eat regularly for the most part.

I love my tasty food!

[knightsofthecircle]

Maybe if they tasted like food.

[Bergonbelson]

They already have pills for this
Their called vitamins!

[froggerfreak]

what happens if you take like ten of them

[Killing-joke]

too be honest any type of pills is unnatural if you think about. So for nutritional ones, that would be a nightmare, think about it. and would they actually taste of anything? It wouldn't be a nice experience

[andhination]

I'd use the pills, and eat real food every saturday as a treat.

[Higgy531]

Well, if I'm not reminded to eat I forget to do it, so that pill is for me!

Has Metal Gear Solid taught us nothing!?

[RenegadeGirl]

Would be great to use if you are going on vacation where the food really is nasty.

But I rather have the regular eating style, it is because I love most of the food.
And it is also a must for me to taste new things in other country's.
If it is nasty, there is always that pill.

[NEVR]

Depends on how expensive the pills were, but I'd probably try it. Eating a nice meal is always good, but I'd have more time in my day if I didn't have to stop and eat at various intervals.

[Lost-Chances]

Why the hell wouldn't I? As long it was tried, tested and no nasty side effects.

[Jinzoa]

Would oppose the idea myself, the taste of food, the smell and that full feeling you get when you have stuffed your face are to good of a luxuary to give up really.

[JustsTrollingAlong]

That makes me think about when I was at the store a couple days ago trying to get Salsa for these burritos I was going to make. All they had was mild and medium salsa... but no hot salsa ANYWHERE it's like taste and enjoyment is slowly being removed from food.

[Rozner]

Food all the way berrrah.

[MissingNYC]

i wouldnt have to be on a diet

[TheD-LucksEdition]

I'd only take them on days where I would have to be really busy work-wise. Otherwise I wouldn't, I'd miss all the different flavours and textures of real food.

[ChaosProdigy]

At 2/22/09 12:02 PM, NEVR wrote: Depends on how expensive the pills were, but I'd probably try it. Eating a nice meal is always good, but I'd have more time in my day if I didn't have to stop and eat at various intervals.

Plus I'd use those pills when I'm gonna have one of those all-nighters coming up.

But what happens if you overdose on these pills???

[Sheizenhammer]

Dammit!! You just made me burst out laughing with that!
I'm eating a big sandwich right now. Now i have half-chewed crap all over everywhere. Bugger.

As for the question (and as you can probably guess gven the above rant): No, I'd stick to food.
Pills have already been invented before. They were supposed to be the 'new thing' in the '50s. That was, until it became obvious that:
1. People enjoyed eating food, not pills.
2. Nutrition alone isn't enough to keep someone healthy (having something solid moving through your digestive tract seems to be more important than people first believed).
3. To accurately do it, you'd have to tailor-make every single pill for every person at every time of day.

It kinda fell apart after that, and hasn't been tried since.

[NEVR]

At 2/22/09 12:05 PM, ChaosProdigy wrote: But what happens if you overdose on these pills???

You'd probably get fat.

[shadowslayer1313]

This idea seems very well, but what about drinking? Would we still have water and such?

And if you ate too many pills, would you die from overdosing or would you just get fat?

[thatoneguyfromDD]

No, food tastes good and is probably better for you.

[Zaibas]

Great, more time to do worthwhile things.

[lawlmaster]

At 2/22/09 12:06 PM, NEVR wrote:

At 2/22/09 12:05 PM, ChaosProdigy wrote: But what happens if you overdose on these pills???

You'd probably get fat.

or die, because it's not food it's a bunch of chemicals and nutrients.

magic drugs make your problems go away.

[Cosmicboy37]

I would take the pills only on weekends, or days off from school.

That way, I don't have to waste 1 hour eating.

[DM692]

I would use the pills if I was doing something like going swimming for the rest of the day, or something that restricts what I can do during the day.

Other than that I would probably eat normally. I like the FLAVOUR in my food.

[Deadly-Shadow]

I honestly can't see anyone wanting to do that. Sure, it may make life easier and healthier, but people like the taste of food. Going out to eat with other people is also a huge part of people's social lives, all of that would be taken away if they started taking pills.

[MuyBurrito]

At 2/22/09 12:21 PM, lawlmaster wrote:

At 2/22/09 12:06 PM, NEVR wrote:

At 2/22/09 12:05 PM, ChaosProdigy wrote: But what happens if you overdose on these pills???

You'd probably get fat.

or die, because it's not food it's a bunch of chemicals and nutrients.

magic drugs make your problems go away.

It would have to be food, just in a highly condensed form designed to time-release the exact right dose of whatever nutrients/vitas/minerals you require as determined by your physical activity.

Also, it's completely impossible to make a pill which covers all the dietary requirements for a daily routine. The chemical components of food just aren't that compressable, even if the pill contains only vital nutrients and perfect aminos.