Is Plane Food Healthy?
Providing an accommodating service during flights can be pretty challenging. It’s not just that people are agitated and confined in a closed space – flying at altitude actually affects the human body in ways you might not expect. One of the effects of high altitude is a diminished sense of smell and taste.
This means that in order for the inflight meal to register as anything but bland, it needs to be packed full of sugar, salt, fat and simple carbs – strong tastes our tongues register even under the harshest conditions. And so, while inflight meals may not taste horrible, they’re not exactly good for you, either.