I think the developer’s intention is to make the system more similar to potions (like in elder ring and other games) I like the system better than the previous one but there are still things I would like to change.
This is my opinion on the Food saturation system and the things I would like to change: Food saturation system
As far as healing in general lifesteal is unbalanced and I talk about it here: Lifesteal it’s a balancing nightmare