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Two Fattening Nightmares: Stress & Emotional Eating Make You Over Eat And Store Food As Fat. How To Wake Up From The Nightmare

Stress can cause you to overeat, from a few hundred to a few thousand extra calories per meal. In nearly all cases where stress is involved with weight gain, emotional eating plays a profound role. Stress affects our ability to maintain stable blood sugar – it can spike it high and drop it low. Stress also plays a profound role in influencing the levels of our favorite neurotransmitters, dopamine and serotonin. The lesson on how stress affects your appetite is simple: Stres

September 27, 2007

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Emotional Eating Turns Food Into A Drug

My Own Personal Hellnn“There’s talk and laughter all around, but all I can think about is what I’m about to eat. I’m sitting at the table, scanning the menu thoroughly. What’s the biggest thing I can find? It has to taste good. I am so anxious. I can’t stop fidgeting under the table. I have this knot just below my heart. It won’t go away. I hope my girlfriend doesn’t notice. After dinner, I want a tiramisu. I hope I don’t have to share. The only thing I donâ

September 21, 2007