Has the term comfort food been diluted to the point where it’s simply the face of emotional eating? Perhaps this basic test can help you find out: Do you open the refrigerator several times without knowing what you want? That’s not always the result of boredom.
Experts have made an interesting discovery: the stomach takes about 20 minutes to send hormonal signals to the brain that it is full. That’s an indirect warning not to rush through meals, especially back-to-back.
Leslie Heinberg, who works at the Center for Behavioral Health at the Cleveland Clinic, put it quite bluntly, “When people eat rapidly, they can miss these signals, and it’s very easy to eat beyond the point of fullness.”
The speed at which one eats is just the outward symptom of an inward problem, one of which could be stress. Let’s take the conversation about stress and nutrition a bit further than emotional eating. This article will give you greater insights into your eating habits by sharing three surprising ways stress changes your relationship with food.
Health advocate and wellness researcher, Dr. Monroe brings clarity to confusing health trends with science-backed advice. Her mission is to help readers live vibrantly, from the inside out.
