Emotional eating can be defined as eating motivated by both positive and negative emotions. We eat when we are happy, sad, bored, angry, out of habit, and as a way to celebrate holidays and special occasions (or just because it’s Friday). According to author and clinical psychologist, Jennifer Taitz, examples of emotional eating may include […]
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Many people don’t recognize the role emotional eating plays in their health. Most blame a lack of willpower for the fact that 95-percent of all diets fail. Whether the diet fails from the get-go or when the dieter regains all the weight shortly after going off their diet, lack of willpower gets the blame. We look into everything to know about emotional eating.
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Food has so many emotional triggers for human beings. For example, while eating a favorite meal can cause feelings of comfort and happiness—binge eating can cause feelings of guilt, shame, and even anger. Even though the eating of certain foods won’t cause depression outright, the cycle of eating (or rather, certain patterns of eating) can […]
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