Ep. 106 Emotional Eating- Do you eat to cope with stress?

Emotional eating is the term used to describe eating in reaction to emotions.For our bodies to survive, we must eat. Eating activates the brain's reward system and improves mood, which makes sense.Emotional eating may become problematic if it occurs frequently and you have no alternative coping mechanisms.If you're bored, lonely, anxious, depressed, or exhausted, eating doesn't solve the underlying problem, even though it might seem like a coping mechanism at the time.An eating disorder is not what emotional eating is by itself. That might be an indication of disordered eating, which has the potential to turn into an eating disorder.Get to know more in this episode. if you want to share your suggestions/ experience please write to [email protected]