I think the body was made to react poorly to our overindulgence of just about anything.  So really, if we are to learn anything from this it is BALANCE, restraint, healthy choices.  Not trying to get around our unhealthy choices (although who of us does not) by finding a way around it.  I actually think if I DO gorge myself on something I should feel the brunt of it.  How else will I ever learn what not to do?  How else will I even begin to make the healthy choices if I can somehow get around gluttony by simply not swallowing? (because gluttony is not simply a matter of overindulging the body but an assault on the mind/emotions/senses and spirit).

I also do not think all food is evil and bad for you -- it would not make much sense, if you believe in a creator, for taste to be so pleasurable and food a vital necessity (and yes, you can debate it all you want in the breatharian forum, but I don't buy it for a moment).  Instead, like any of our other senses that experience a pleasurable response, there is a time and place for these things - a balance that needs to be found, and it is an excess of anything that is the real killer in most people's lives.

My two cents.

D/KB