从事食品研究的日本学者认为,食品与人的性格之间存在着非常奇妙的关系。例如,在饥饿时,即使性格温和、自制力较强的人也会变得异常急躁,动辄发脾气。在西方甚至流传这样的谚语:“饥饿时易动肝火”。此外,由于当人们偏食时,往往本能地表现某种特定状态,而这种状态常被认为是性格的体现,因此,有时从对食品的喜好可以窥见其人的性格。 Japanese scholars engaged in food research believe there is a very fantastic relationship between food and human character. For example, in the case of hunger, even mild-tempered, self-control people become extremely impatient and prone to temper. Even in the West, there is a common saying that “it is easy to move when hunger.” In addition, since people tend to instinctively display a particular state when they are partial to eclipse, and this state is often regarded as a manifestation of personality, people’s personality may sometimes be gleaned from their preference for food.