Food for Thought Riddle

I am a food with 5 letters.
If you remove the first letter I am a form of energy.
Remove two and I’m needed to live.
Scramble the last 3 and you can drink me down.
What am I?

Wheat.

Wheat is a 5-letter food.
Remove the first letter → heat (a form of energy).
Remove the first two letters → eat (needed to live).
Scramble the last three letters (e-a-t) → tea (a drink).

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