Why Do We Stress Eat?
If you reach for ice cream, candy and potato chips when stressed, you’re not alone. There is no doubt that stress influences when and what you eat. Long-term, chronic stress generally causes you to want sugar, fat and refined carbs, which can add up to a lot of extra calories. Why? Hormones.
When cortisol is coursing through your veins, the hormones that regulate hunger and fullness—ghrelin and leptin, respectively—are out of whack. Here are the stress-relieving foods to reach for instead.
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Vicki Shanta Retelny, RDN