Is RPGs purpose is to simulate life in a fantasy world. If you can eat an entire rack of ribs in less than 3 seconds and be healed more than a magic potion, that's broken.
SInce I never used eating food for healing (I never even knew, it existed) how much were you able to heal? Someone mentioned as much as a normal healing potion - is that true? That would be very overpowered imo.
When it was available and I used it, the health regained depended on what type of food you ate. Not all food healed the same. An apple gave you about a quarter of your health back and a potato have you, I believe about half.
