Q.Which do you think about more often, the future or the past? A. Definitely the future! If you had to give priority to appetite or appearance, which would you choose?

Hello. This is Inishie Destiny from Seito Medical School. This time, the theme is "Which do you think about more: the future or the past?"

First of all, I have amnesia. I'm not kidding. When I'm engrossed in my hobby research, I forget if I had eaten a meal an hour ago. I don't care about the past, I only look to the present and the future. 

Now, I would like to tell you a little story. Which do you prioritize: satisfying your appetite or maintaining your appearance? For example, let's say you are in an environment where you can eat as much delicious steak or sushi as you want. Let's say you love that kind of food and can eat as much as you want. 

But sadly, the more people eat to satisfy their appetite, the fatter they become. There are often overweight people overseas, and this is the result of them choosing to satisfy their appetite rather than maintain their appearance. 

Here, I would like to think about the nature of appetite and beauty. Appetite is temporary, and no matter how delicious something is, you will hardly remember it the next day. Of course, there are some flavors that bring back memories, like the French food served at someone's wedding. The taste of your mother's cooking is also like that. 

On the other hand, maintaining your appearance has the advantage of lasting for a long time. If you start paying attention to your appearance, you can maintain your beauty for 5 to 10 years. Appetite is temporary and therefore stimulating. If you eat delicious food, you will not feel the need to worry about your weight.

However, physical beauty is a gradual stimulus that lasts for a long time, and is sustained by human relationships. In economics, this concept is called flow and stock. Appetite is a flow, a temporary desire, whereas physical beauty is a stock that can be accumulated. 

Surprisingly, if your lifestyle is bad, you may be able to look younger with just a little effort. On the other hand, your appetite may increase, but it will not decrease because you are prioritizing temporary pleasure. This is also the reason why the standard of living rises. 

Going back to the first topic, if I had to choose between being future-oriented or past-oriented, I would say I'm future-oriented. I would say that things that build up and keep getting younger, like physical beauty, are more important than things that don't remain in your memory once they're over, like appetite. 

In that sense, this blog says "study study," because the more you study, the more knowledge you accumulate. Future-oriented means accumulating what can be accumulated from the past to the present, and planning your life in a way that allows you to reap the benefits from that in the future. 

Here's a little bit of trivia. Some people find that eating the foods they like makes them gain weight. For these people, the advice is to save the last bite. Saving the last bite may give you the feeling that your meal is over and that your appetite has been satisfied before you've finished the whole meal. 

Some may argue that for a gourmet, the last bite is the best, but that bite is the deciding factor between being able to eat what you like and still maintain your figure, and becoming overweight or overweight. 

The last bite is important. Disposing of food waste may be a hassle, but it's one way to maintain your appetite and your appearance. The last bite. See you later.