People prefer the chips because their brains are broken and they have a fixation on tasty foods. It clogs their thoughts processes - basically, they have an add

People prefer the chips because their brains are broken and they have a fixation on tasty foods. It clogs their thoughts processes - basically, they have an addiction. If you don't care much for food then you don't mind eating the carrots and you don't mind losing the chips. If your entire life is food, then you do mind.