Stress and eating habits

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2. The relationship between stress and eating habits

3. It's the psychological sphere

4. What is emotional nourishment?

5. Causes of emotional feeding

6. How stress affects your eating habits

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Selye's stress is defined as the body's non-specific response to the action of various stimuli. It affects its state of health by triggering both physiological and psychological mechanisms. Lazarus and S. This interaction can be burdensome for the individual, exceeding his resources, and threatening his well-being. According to a definition developed in 1977 by H. These stimuli, called stressors, have a negative effect on the individual. Another definition created in 1984 by R.S. Folkman defines stress as the interaction between man and the environment.

2. The relationship between stress and eating habits

There is a marked change in nutritional behaviour, manifested by excessive consumption or a significant decrease in food intake as a result of the activation of the nervous system. Stress and eating behaviours are very closely related. Limitation of food occurs in an emergency situation of stress, an increase in its consumption is noticeable in the case of chronic stress; this relationship can be considered on both a physical and a psychological level: is the body's adaptation to a stressful situation.

3. It's the psychological sphere

Uncontrolled stress is responsible for changing eating patterns that can lead to compulsive behaviors. Food is treated here as a way to relieve emotions and reduce the stress that comes with stressful situations.

4. What is emotional nourishment?

It involves both strong reactions of the body and those that are virtually unnoticeable. Features of emotion-induced eating are lack of regularity, eating larger portions than usual, and choosing high-calorie, high-processed, fat- and sugar-dense foods that are high in flavor. They affect motivation, food choice, eating pace, serving size. It is characterized by a lack of ability to distinguish hunger from emotional arousal. Emotional life is really about chasing food from a place other than a physical hunger, and a change in the way you eat is influenced by various factors. Emotions will exhibit a great deal of sadness, and emotionally negative behaviors, such as stress and loneliness, will affect every stage of your life.

5. Causes of emotional feeding

People with alexythiasis do not understand the cause-and-effect sequence, do not realize that excess food can be linked to stress, negative emotions, so they do not control their behavior, which often leads to eating. This is because eating allows them to focus on the activity and at the same time cut off their emotions. Another cause of emotional eating can be an increase in positive emotions after eating. Positive emotions can also occur during the consumption of the banned products. This increases the increase in stress and the effects of stress, but it can be triggered by the absorption of an internal mechanism that affects the eating and enjoying process itself. It is therefore difficult to conceal the actual effects of eating and drinking, which can be expressed in terms of both the physical and emotional processes.

6. How stress affects your eating habits

However, chronic stress will in turn contribute to the weakening of the body's adaptive behaviours and thus increase susceptibility to disease: sudden, acute, intense stress causes the body to run the nervous system, which moves the organism to act quickly on the principle of 'fighting' or 'fleeing' stressors, et al. 2007). In contrast, researchers S.J. Nowson explained this by attributing specific nutritional behaviour to the stressor type: 'abrupt, sharp, intensive stress causes a triggering of the neural system which mobilizes the body for rapid action on the basis of 'Fighting or Flighting' symptoms, and thus increases the risk of disease in the body as well. Thus, stressors and stressors in organisms that respond to long-term dietary stressors can lead to increased levels of fat intolerance in a number of metabolic or metabolically active organisms, as well as to severe reactions that can result from eating foods that are already high in body fat, and therefore, when there is more than one way to increase blood pressure, there is an increase in