| Healthy comfort foods for overstressed people is not | | | | blood pressure. A healthy comfort food that delivers |
| an oxymoron. Overstressed people are the same as | | | | on all levels is low fat yoghurt, any flavor. I personally |
| anyone else - they want to reward themselves, and | | | | like to use the low fat Greek yoghurt and add nuts |
| this is where comfort foods come in. There are lots of | | | | such as almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, or pistachios, |
| reasons why we crave comfort foods not least are | | | | and fresh fruit. Try crushed berries and almonds. That |
| the psychological reasons. We feel a need to treat or | | | | healthy comfort food can also be frozen. |
| reward ourselves because "we deserve it - we work | | | | Summer berries are low in fat and very high in |
| hard". | | | | antioxidants and the natural sweetness of |
| The problem with comfort eating is the fact that we | | | | strawberries is irresistible. An Italian trick for bringing out |
| eat junk food that gives us a quick sugar fix and when | | | | the flavor of strawberries is forget the sugar or honey |
| that hit is over we are left overtired and more tired | | | | they kill the natural sweetness of Summer. Sprinkle |
| than ever, and if that was not bad enough we also | | | | freshly grated black pepper on strawberries to |
| feel guilty because we have succumbed to comfort | | | | maximize the flavor. Rejuvenate your body when you |
| eating again! That does not mean that comfort foods | | | | are stressed rather than reach for the comfort food. |
| are banned they are not, but it is a good to reclassify | | | | Your skin is the largest organ of your body and it |
| what you call comfort foods. Often comfort foods are | | | | assists the liver and kidneys' in detoxifying your whole |
| highly calorific, a classic example is the American | | | | body. |
| calorie overload mac and cheese. However comfort | | | | Try some deep breathing exercises that take less |
| foods can be light snacks which are relatively healthy. | | | | than five minutes, but they send more blood to your |
| Healthy eating can still have foods that have a | | | | extremities to pick up the toxins in your body and get |
| massive comfort value. Mindless eating is a senseless | | | | rid of the, Breathe in slowly to the count of eight, hold |
| exercise that just adds more guilt. When you want to | | | | for eight seconds and then exhale for eight seconds. |
| eat write it down before you eat it and then your food | | | | Pack out your refrigerator with loads of fruit and fresh |
| diary can build a list of what you are eating that is | | | | vegetables. Eat a fresh kiwi for an instant sugar hit |
| wrong. High calorie comfort snack eating or drinking | | | | and masses of healthy Vitamin C. Avoid processed |
| has worse effects on your health than guilt. Potato | | | | sugar, cakes and cookies and feel less stressed |
| chips, crisps, Pringles, etc., are massively high in calories | | | | because your body has to work harder to digest |
| and fats, but also they have high levels of sodium. | | | | processed food. |
| Sodium is a contributory factor in hypertension or high | | | | |