Warning! Stress eating can kill you sooner!
During the holidays and winter months, we can experience higher levels of stress. This time of year often stirs up painful memories and family tensions, deepens financial troubles, and finds us gaining unwanted pounds. We also tend to get sick more often. So, what do we do? We engage in stress eating. The roots of emotional eating teach us to eat when we feel bad. So we learn to associate food with relieving our sadness, disappointment, and other negative feelings. But, stress eating can shorten your life span. That’s right! By repressing your feelings and adding extra pounds, you may …
