It's a hard call, sometimes, to determine if the Glitch logic is illogical on purpose because it is funny and weird, or if something doesn't make sense because someone IRL didn't make it work that way. :)
truth told, buff or no buff, any high energy food will stave off the health droop in wintery place. Just eat as necessary
with the introduction of gandilevry tincture, I suppose that's another route a player could take. I just don't go in unless I have sufficient energy to get out. But I can see your point.