And I just noticed food is basically magical healing. Eating an apple as a bonus action heals 1d4. I don't like mundane food healing you. If there's a HP economy problem, rather just let everyone heal to half HP after every fight. Eating apples and garlic to heal while fighting enemies in melee is the kind of dumb I don't want in an RPG.
I agree on everything you say, but food heals you? I didn't even try eating anything yet because I couldn't imagine it would do this. I mean... healing by eating food -
that is what taking a long and short rest is. That should absolutely change IMO. Healing potions are magic for a reason, and apples are certainly not able to heal a stab wound.