| There are times when we all reach for some type of | | | | anxious behavior dropped. |
| comfort food and after a few mouthfuls the world | | | | So, if you feel guilty for reaching for that candy bar |
| seems like a better place. | | | | don't put it down to poor will power, you now know |
| But now scientists believe that the secret behind | | | | there are other things at play here. If you feel stress is |
| comfort foods is all in the mind, as foods that are high | | | | affecting your food choices rather than reaching for |
| in sugar and fat can alter the chemicals in the brain | | | | that high calorie food try going for a walk or find |
| and can help to relax us. Foods high in carbohydrates | | | | something you enjoy doing that can help to lift your |
| like pasta raise levels of seratonin in the brain and so | | | | mood. |
| make us feel better. | | | | Also before I finish, if research like this is only coming |
| It seems that high levels of stress in early life can | | | | out now publicly, be aware that findings like this have |
| change how nerves form in the brain and foods high in | | | | been in the hands of food manufacturers for years |
| sugar or fat help to balance these changes and make | | | | and used against us. By creating foods that change |
| us feel better. | | | | the chemicals in our brain we've become more |
| In research done on rats they found that those who | | | | addicted to their snack food even though we know |
| underwent stress in the beginning of their lives had | | | | they're bad for us. |
| higher stress levels than normal. But when these rats | | | | But, that's for another day's article. |
| were fed fattening foods their levels of stress and | | | | |