Why Do Humans Still Ask ‘What Should I Eat?’ After Thousands of Meals?

You've already eaten thousands of meals.

You've spent years discovering which foods leave you feeling satisfied, energized, sluggish, or hungry an hour later.

So why do many of us still stand in front of food asking:

"What should I eat?"

I recently started wondering whether humans sometimes make familiar food decisions harder than they need to be.

Most animals don't seem to repeatedly debate what to eat. A cow typically goes for grass. A lion goes for prey. A bird looks for the foods it normally eats.

Humans are different.

Even after years of eating, experimenting, and gathering experience, many of us still approach everyday meals as if we're solving a brand-new problem.

That observation inspired the short video below.

Watch the Video

One idea from the video stood out to me:

Experience only becomes useful when we use it.

If you've already discovered a breakfast that leaves you feeling good, keeps you full, and supports your goals, perhaps there's no need to rediscover the same answer every morning.

Maybe wisdom is simply learning when to stop treating solved problems as unsolved ones.

Learn once.

Use many times.

What do you think?

Do humans overcomplicate food choices, or is repeatedly reconsidering meals sometimes useful?