EMOTIONAL EATING: WHY WE CRAVE FOODS THAT WE KNOW ARE HARMING US

Upsetting past or present circumstances can often trigger the desire for comfort that certain foods, especially sweet foods, can deliver.  But why are we turning to these edible mood-boosters so often now?  Many of us are actually eating nutritionally-void comfort foods most of the time.  You’ll learn that we are not eating more now because we are more emotionally needy; we’re eating too much because we have become so nutrient-starved.