The “emotional nutrients” are more important than simply calories and nutrition, in the era when food supply is higher than people's needs.
About the emotional nutrients (EN),
I think several components determine the value of EN, just like the amino acids composition and amount that affect the value of protein.
1. Calories of foods
2. Sensory quality of foods
3. Price of foods
4. Whom you are with when eating (family/boy or girlfriend/boss/colleagues)
Sure, spoilage or food poisoning will destroy all the above components
5. Food taboos of religions, vegan/vegetarian or personal reasons
The reason I write this article is: most nutritional education in Taiwan only emphasizes how calories and nutrition influence our health, and they N-E-V-E-R mention anything about the happiness brought from foods. Thus, I created the term: “emotional nutrients” to rebalance the education in nutrition.
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By the way, this article in English has been corrected by three ways (exclude this part) to save my poor English1. LT, an extension from Firefox
2. Grammar
3. Google office
過去的課程，阿原都跟學生說：你可知道，週五下班，買了雞排與炸物，跟家人或朋友一同吃，那種幸福與歡樂，不是吃一桌上萬元的宴席可以比的。
