Stress Eating Alternatives to Eating for Comfort in Times of Stress
Posted on May 13, 2008 - Filed Under Popular Diets | Leave a Comment
If you consider how often and how automatically we rely on food to manage our anxiety, medicate our feelings and manipulate our moods the link between stress and food is undeniable. In a time of stress, most people are more likely to turn to a snack than a pal. But food is our fuel, not our friend.
Yet we’ve grown up in a culture in which food has become much more than a source of fuel. It symbolizes a spectrum of human needs and wants, including comfort, companionship, reward, punishment, escape, control and power.
As infants, our caretakers popped a bottle into… Continue reading
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If you consider how often and how automatically we rely on food to manage our anxiety, medicate our feelings and manipulate our moods the link between stress and food is undeniable. In a time of stress, most people are more likely to turn to a snack than a pal. But food is our fuel, not our friend.
Yet we’ve grown up in a culture in which food has become much more than a source of fuel. It symbolizes a spectrum of human needs and wants, including comfort, companionship, reward, punishment, escape, control and power.
As infants, our caretakers popped a bottle into… Continue reading
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