Comfort+Foods+and+Stress

media type="youtube" key="xOpZU320v5E?fs=1" height="385" width="480" align="center"Comfort Food and Stress Let’s say that you have been in a relationship with a certain special someone for over two years. You think everything is going wonderful until he drops the “It’s not you, it’s me”. Emotions that you have never experienced before, all come rushing through your body. When some people are hurt, or stressed out about work, weight, or homelife they eat nothing at all. It is the thousands of others that eat their hearts away when there faced with hard times. Some of our most favorite comfort foods work to decrease stress hormones but also pack on the pounds around the waist. This is why there are so many obese people in America. People are too stressed and depressed! New researches suggest that high-fat, high carbohydrate comfort foods actually fight stress by stemming the tide of stress related hormones that are released when people are exposed to stress. Stress sets off a syndrome called the “fight or flight” and causes non-vital bodily functions to shut down. If someone is constantly exposed to stress it can also trigger a potentially dangerous urge to eat those brownies and ice cream in the middle of the night. America is already the fattest thanks to McDonalds, Wendys, and Burger King now people for one, aren’t making the smartest decisions about their life style and eating choice. Some alternatives to stress eating are one reclaim power over your body and to just relax. Think of it like this food is used for fuel not as a friend.