Ever heard of eating your
feelings? Yup, few people use food to escape emotional chagrin. They depend on
it so much that their first impulse is to open the refrigerator whenever an
emotional imbalance strikes. When scientists from Montreal Hospital delved into
this strange habit, they claimed that intake of a rich food actually causes
chemical reactions in the brain similar to illicit drugs and soon, this tends
to become an addiction. Slowly, you start eating when you are angry, bored,
depressed, stressed, busy, not busy enough, watching a movie, hanging out with
friends and so on.
Gradually, eating whenever you experience a change in emotions leads to a continuous vicious cycle of high-fat diet intake. This is exactly where obesity happens leading to so many other psychological and physiological issues. I have mentioned a site below which throw light on 'Emotional Eating' and ways to control it.
Eat to Live; Don't Live to Eat!!
Awesome post.!! A fascinating issue, which i have been pondering for some time. My experience agrees with what you have said.
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