I enjoy eating good food as much as anyone - too much, perhaps, given that I am overwheight. And yet if I could just stop eating, I would give it up in an inst

I enjoy eating good food as much as anyone - too much, perhaps, given that I am overwheight. And yet if I could just stop eating, I would give it up in an instant. If I could somehow change my body so it syntetized the nutrients it needs from water, CO2 and sunlight, I would do it immediately. I would gladly give up my sense of taste and my digestive system, if the process required it, provided that I am still able to do all the tasks I do every day, and that the resulting alterations are not repulsive to my peers or myself. I find eating very pleasant and very enjoyable, but I don't think about it as something that "makes me human", the same way I don't think about ... "excreting the residues" or "having colon cancer" as deeply human. To me it is impossible to ignore that it is first and foremost something I am fundamentally obligated to do in order to prolong my existence, and I would give it away just not to have that obligation/dependency. I also happen to think that a lot of the impact we have on the environment and other species comes from our need to eat. It would be extremely beneficial to the biosphere if we all ate more plants, but it would be even better if we stopped eating altogether (or, if we only needed eating while growing up).