Question of the Day

Ok so I was sitting in class today and I thought of something. I didn't know exactly what to think about this question and thus I am a little hesitant about putting this up on the internet. I don't want people to think I'm crazy or anything, I'm just asking questions.

Ok so the question is this. If we are what we eat, and if everything we eat is dead, are we dead? Maybe not literally in terms of the commons sense of life and death, but everything we (or any consumer for that matter) eat is dead. The plants that herbivores die as they are chewed. The meat that we and other omnivores (carnivores too) eat is dead. So everything that we eat truly is dead. Even if you somehow get something down that was living, it dies when you digest it and thus everything we eat really is dead.

Many people say "we are what we eat," and I would agree with that. If you eat garbage, you feel like garbage and can start looking like garbage. If you eat well, you start feeling better and overall your body becomes better (I have experienced that personally) so if we only eat dead things, are we dead?

I don't know the answer to this question. I don't know if there IS an answer to this question. But this question entered my mind and I started thinking about it more and more. I thought it might be interesting to share it with you. If you have anything to add to this or you think you have an answer, feel free to comment and let me know what you think. Thanks for visiting my thoughts and minds!

-Zam