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Why IS comfort eating comforting?
Everything’s better after Mum’s mac and cheese or your favourite sweet from the bakery up the road - but why?
Some experts believe comfort foods are comforting because they remind you of happier times with friends and family, but many comfort foods also tend to be high in carbohydrates, and carbohydrates prompt your brain to produce higher levels of the calming, feel-good hormone serotonin – leaving you feeling better.
The problem with that is, comfort foods don’t leave you feeling better for long, say researchers from the University of Calgary. When healthy adults were asked to eat just one high-fat, high-carbohydrate ‘comfort food’ meal, they ended up being more susceptible to mental and physical stress afterwards than they were beforehand. So eating comfort foods may not be a good way to avoid stress, after all!
Article by Tracy Hanify for Healthy Food Guide. For more great health advice and delicious recipes head to www.healthyfood.co.nz.
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Sometimes i think OH! some chocolate would be nice but then i feel so bad after so i do 100 sit ups! Posted by Zebraellz "on" 02/13 "at"04:10 PM |
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Its because were BORED! we eat because were bored it doesnt make sense but were kiwis!! ;0 Posted by Zebraellz "on" 02/13 "at"04:10 PM |
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Yea I believe this, when I’m doing my school and its really hard I get some lollies to eat or biscuits and I feel good and get some done but then after I’m finished I don’t feel that great. It just seems to be harder! Posted by SoldierOn "on" 10/15 "at"05:21 PM |
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