Food

Food is a vital part of survival. Whilst it is essential, food isn't a single item. Food can be acquired from various different sources such as insects, plants, animals, etc.

Mechanics
There are two different types of negative status effect that eating and  drinking food can prevent:  Hunger and  Thirst.

Keep in mind that some foods count as both food and water. While not reducing thirst as much, this might be enough to help you until you can get to a water source to completely quench your thirst.

Some items require you to alter them before they can be consumed as food. For example - you have to open a coconut before you can drink from it.

Some items are rendered more potent by modifying them by grinding,  hitting, opening, piercing, etc.

Meat, eggs, and mushrooms will initially cause the  Non-Omnivore negative status effect. Non-omnivore can only be overcome by learning Omnivore neurons. Until you are able to digest the food correctly, the food will act as a negative status effect.

By learning omnivore neurons to adapt your body, these food groups will give positive effects besides reducing hunger.
 * Eggs - Improves your Dopamine capacity.
 * Mammal - Improves your overall vitality.
 * Mushrooms - Improve your resistance against injuries and poisonings.
 * Oviparous - Improves your Neuronal Energy capacity.

Be aware that not all food is safe to eat or drink. Food Poisoning happens when you consume unripe, rotten, and/or unsafe foods. You can avoid food poisoning by inspecting the quality of a food source in your hands. If the food is unripe, rotten, and/or unsafe leading to sickness for your hominid, they will react with disgust. If the food source happens to be indeed dangerous, the bite or slurp that will sicken the hominid will be random.

Not all foods will become rotten, at least at first. Many foods can be stored in stockpiles almost indefinitely without spoiling. However, some foods that require alteration to become edible can go rotten. Inspect food from stockpiles before eating to ensure that the food is safe to eat.

Learning specific neurons reduces the negative effects of food and increase the positive benefits of food.

Liquids

 * SenseIcon FreshWater.png Water Source
 * SenseIcon SaltWater.png Water Source
 * SenseIcon StagnantWater.pngant Water Source

Berries

 * SenseIcon Acokanthera.pngnthera Berry
 * SenseIcon Carissa.pngsa Berry
 * SenseIcon Elderberry.pngberry
 * SenseIcon Iboga.png Berry
 * SenseIcon Taami.png Berry

Fruit

 * SenseIcon Mango.pngan Casturi Mango
 * SenseIcon Mombin.pngan Giant Mombin
 * SenseIcon Cocos.png
 * SenseIcon Coco cracked.pnged Coco
 * SenseIcon Coconut.pngut
 * SenseIcon Coconut pierced.pnged Coconut
 * SenseIcon Coconut opened.pngd Coconut
 * SenseIcon Date.png
 * SenseIcon DesertMelon.pngt Melon
 * SenseIcon DesertMelon opened.pngd Desert Melon
 * SenseIcon Fig.png
 * SenseIcon Jujube.pnge
 * SenseIcon Marula.pnga
 * SenseIcon AfricanDrupe.pngne African Drupe
 * SenseIcon MonkeyBread.pngy Bread
 * SenseIcon MonkeyBread cracked.pnged Monkey Bread
 * SenseIcon SausageTreeFruit.pngge-Tree Fruit

Eggs

 * SenseIcon BirdEgg.pngeur Eagle Egg
 * SenseIcon BirdEgg cracked.pnged Eagle Egg
 * SenseIcon BirdEgg pierced.pnged Eagle Egg
 * SenseIcon CrocodileEgg.pngdile Egg
 * SenseIcon CrocodileEgg cracked.pnged Crocodile Egg
 * SenseIcon HeronEgg.png Egg
 * SenseIcon HeronEgg.png Gull Egg
 * SenseIcon BirdEgg.pngne Pelican Egg
 * SenseIcon BirdEgg cracked.pnged Pelican Egg
 * SenseIcon BirdEgg pierced.pnged Pelican Egg
 * SenseIcon SnakeEgg.png Egg
 * SenseIcon SnakeEgg cracked.pnged Snake Egg

Meat

 * SenseIcon Snail.png African Snail
 * SenseIcon Carcass.pngl Meat
 * SenseIcon Carcass.pngrous Meat
 * SenseIcon Scorpion.pngion

Fish and Seafood

 * SenseIcon Bass.png
 * SenseIcon Crayfish.pngish
 * SenseIcon Mussel.pngl
 * SenseIcon Mussel cracked.pnged Mussel

Edible Plants

 * SenseIcon AfricanTurmeric.pngan Turmeric
 * SenseIcon AfricanTurmeric grind.pngric Paste
 * SenseIcon Horsetail.pngtail
 * SenseIcon Kelp.png
 * SenseIcon Khat.png
 * SenseIcon Khat grind.pnged Khat
 * SenseIcon Tumbo.png Seeds
 * SenseIcon Yam.png

Mushrooms

 * SenseIcon AfricanAgaricFungus.pngan Agaric Fungus
 * SenseIcon AfricanBlueRoundheadFungus.pngan Blue Roundhead Fungus
 * SenseIcon BlueRoundheadFungusPaste grind.png Blue Roundhead Fungus Paste
 * SenseIcon AfricanEntomopathogenicFungus.png African Entomopathogenic Fungus
 * SenseIcon EntomopathogenicFungusPaste grind.png Entomopathogenic Fungus Paste
 * SenseIcon BandedMottlegillMushroom.pngd Mottlegill Mushroom

Insects and Insect Based

 * SenseIcon Termite.pngster Termites
 * SenseIcon Honey.png
 * SenseIcon TrappedInsect.pnged Insect

Neurons
The following neurons impact food.