Just do it. It only makes it so you NEED to do everything you can with an alt.
Or make a food that gives a lot of energy for very low hunger (like 1000-2000% energy for 0.1-0.2% hunger, so it becomes irrelevant, same as removing it but up to you devs).
Or multiply all food's energy gain by like 5-10x, that would be fine too.
As long as you make energy irrelevant it's good.