The act of eating is a service.

[Diana]

i think eating is neutral and your focus on it will make it a positive or negative experience.

Eating itself may be neutral (mastication of food), and how one actually eats may be positive or negative depending upon how one views it.

There is more to sustaining one's self with food than just eating. There is obtaining the food. One cannot eat without obtaining food. Obtaining food involves choices.

The choices are not neutral. One must decide which life to take as food. Will it be algae? Will it be fruit? Will it be vegetables? Will it be fish? Will it be meat?

Is there a difference between taking the life of a fruit (apple) and the life of a calf (veal)?