Are you Really Hungry or Just Anxious? (EP-36)

In today’s episode of the Sweet Liberation Podcast, Nabila and Luke, founders of Zukr, dive into emotional regulation, emotional eating, and food addiction. Nabila discusses the common issues that are caused by confusing hunger and anxiety and using sugar to regulate emotions, especially with modern pressures, including social media and economic challenges. She discusses how anxiety and emotional dysregulation are often mistaken for hunger, especially in children when reporting abdominal discomfort. Nabila and Luke discuss the concept of “Comfort food” and the theme of food addiction and using reward systems in food. They also dive into the dopamine response to sugar and why many find relief from emotional discomfort by consuming sugar. They emphasize the importance of developing positive habits to manage emotional regulation and the insatiable cycle of sugar addiction and alternative activities like meditation, exercise, and mindful practices to help increase natural dopamine production and emotional resilience. Nabila's Links: FB: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/NabiFG⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/zukrsweet⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Luke's Links: FB: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/lukefgoddard⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/bigghacks/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Social Media Links: Join our sugar-free challenge: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.sugarfreechallenge.io/register⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Zukr Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sweet.zukr.co.uk/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sweet Liberation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.sweetliberation.co.uk/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Zukr FB Page: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/zukrsweet⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠