emotional eating studies

Trigger Foods & Emotional Eating

Taming Emotional Eating

trigger foods My trigger food—tortilla chips I've just turned into a giant tortilla chip. I started eating a handful of tortilla chips, and the next thing I knew, I’d finished the bag. How did it happen? I didn't want them, but one handful led to another and another. They are the trigger food that sends me spiraling into that dark hole of overeating, and it leaves me feeling bloated, fat and out of control.

Emotional Eating Studies research found these eating triggers:

  • Friends impact how you feel about food
  • Chronic work stress contributes to emotional eating
  • Exhaustion and low energy impact eating habits
  • Suppressing feelings leads to unhealthy eating
Three out of four of these were right on target for… Read More