DO WE EAT TO LIVE OR LIVE TO EAT

DO WE EAT TO LIVE OR LIVE TO EAT???
Do we eat to live or live to eat? In my opinion all people eat to live. I have no doubt about the accuracy of that fact. Yet, I want to entertain the idea that it is possible to live to eat.
What do I mean when I say, “eat to live”? All humans need to eat in order to survive. Once you stop eating, you will die. To avoid this fate, you and I eat food and drink water. On the other hand, “living to eat”, is a concept that implies my eating is beyond and above my need to survive. My eating has nothing to do with my biological survival. In sum, “eat to live” is a biological understanding whereas, “live to eat” is psychological, social, and emotional.
Secondly, people who live to eat are numerous. Take a look around you next time you're at the food court in the mall. What do you see? More than likely you will see overweight men and women ordering double cheeseburgers and large fries from McDonald's or something of that nature. Sumo wrestlers are also a great example. In Japan, Sumo wrestlers who become champions are highly revered and respected by the people. Many young boys begin, very early in their lives, to prepare their bodies for the life of a Sumo wrestler. What that means, quite literally, is “living to eat”.
Thirdly, what if you could make your point about how unhealthy eating fast food is for your body? Would you do it, even at the risk of your own health? Most people would not, but in the movie, “Supersize Me”, a man decides to eat at McDonald’s three times a day. In fact, all his meals are at McDonald’s. Over the course of the movie, we watch a healthy young man suffer extreme physical problems related to obesity, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, and even heart disease. The man’s doctor in the movie is visibly distressed over the effects caused by, “living to eat” at McDonald’s. As the movie ends, you are relieved that the man is still alive.
In conclusion, all of us eat to live, in a biological sense. We don’t want to die due to lack of food and water, so we eat to stay alive. Living to eat, on the other hand, is an entirely different matter. Because of the psychological, emotional, or social benefits that living to eat can bring with it, we make eating the central focus of our life, above and beyond our need for energy to survive. Personally, I can only say that eating has a very important role to play in my life. I eat to live, and for me, this is the way that benefits my health. Still, I know that as long as food is a way to have a successful life, or prove a point about how eating fast food is bad for you, people will continue to, “live to eat”.