Emontional Eating & Comfort Foods

Differences

Emotional hunger and Physical hunger,

according to

The University of Texas

Counseling and Mental Health Center web site

1. Emotional hunger comes on suddenly; physical hunger occurs gradually.

2. When you are eating to fill a void that isn't related to an empty stomach, you crave a specific food, such as pizza or ice cream, and only that food will meet your need.

When you eat because you are actually hungry, you're open to options.

3. Emotional hunger feels like it needs to be satisfied instantly with the food you crave; physical hunger can wait.

4. Even when you are full, if you're eating to satisfy an emotional need, you're more likely to keep eating. When you're eating because you're hungry, you're more likely to stop when you're full.

5. Emotional eating can leave behind feelings of guilt; eating when you are physically hungry does not.

When emotional hunger rumbles, one of its distinguishing characteristics is that you're focused on a particular food, which is likely a comfort food.

Comfort Foods

"Comfort foods are foods a person eats to obtain or maintain a feeling,"

says Brian Wansink, PhD, director of the Food and Brand Lab at the University of Illinois.

"Comfort foods are often wrongly associated with negative moods, and indeed, people often consume them when they're down or depressed, but interestingly enough, comfort foods are also consumed to maintain good moods."

Ice cream is first on the comfort food list.

After ice cream, comfort foods break down by sex:

For women it's chocolate and cookies;

for men it's pizza, steak, and casserole, explains Wansink.

What you reach for when eating to satisfy an emotion depends on the emotion.

According to an article by Wansink, published in the July 2000 American Demographics, "The types of comfort foods a person is drawn toward varies depending on their mood. People in happy moods tended to prefer ... foods such as pizza or steak (32%). Sad people reached for ice cream and cookies 39% of the time, and 36% of bored people opened up a bag of potato chips."

if its not time for a meal....your body doesnt need the calories

your body shouls be like clockwork

every three hours you would notice that it is time to refuel

EVERYONE SHOULD FEEL THIS WAY

if you do not, your metabolim is slowing down

research has proven that 3 hours is the maximum time to digest previous meals

this is why nursing new borns each AT LEAST every three hours

......and they have the newest most active metobolisms

THINK ABOUT IT

if you eat when you body isnt ready to burn

what happens? you store the caloires as FAT

i know this isnt intentional when eating emotionally

but do you think that adding stored fat to your body

helps your emotional state?

emotional eating stems from childhood

treats or as consolation

"do you want some ice cream?"

SURE I WILL STOP CRYING AND ENJOY THIS CREAMY SPLENDOR

(little did we know it would be detrimental years down the road)

how to manage this problem that WE ALL HAVE

recoginze when you are reaching for somthing to comfort you

notice that you are not hungry and do not need it

now the hard part....how do you get yourself NOT TO EAT IT

reward your self with positive thoughts and activities

what i have done in the past is......

everytime i wanted to have something i didnt need

i did 50 crunches or went for a walk

and drank a full glass of water

INSTEAD OF REACHING

1 week later

my abs we fab and i had a more stable emotional state

after that the cravings went away

my recommendations

keep a food journal

dont eat in front of the tv

dont eat out of the container

or standing up

never have more than a serving size

you can do anything

you have to find motivation

you have to change the way you think

and the way you approach the issue.

Food Combining

I would like to say that the best foods for you are

LOCAL Fresh Organic Foods

I will never & have never DOGGED someone for eating clean healthy foods in the "wrong combination"

Par Exemple:

To tell someone that you can't eat fruit with your meal is not something i do often

NOW IF A CLIENT IS HAVING A DIGESTIVE PROBLEM

WE MIGHT TAKE A LOOK AT THE RATIOS AND TYPES OF FOOD EATEN

AND

i DO stand corrected!

i had a conversation this weekend that involved

a very handsome man

and he stated that fruit & protein should not be consumed together

......due to rotting in the stomach

i should not have eaten watermelon with my chicken

(and you should not have been eating steak & chicken in cahoots)

COUGH......you were right

BUT THERE IS A Food Combining THEORY

that tends to help some people with delicate digestive tracts

Food combining is a basic component of optimal nutrition

it allows the body to digest and utilize the nutrients to their full extent

THE THEORY: different food groups require different digestion times

Different foods require difference enzymes

Some acid, some alkaline

Acids and Bases neutralize each other

This retards digestion (insert HANGOVER line here)

RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS

Eat starches and acids at separate meals. Acids
neutralize the alkaline medium required for starch
digestion and the result is indigestion and fermentation

THIS I SUPPORT

Eat carbohydrate foods and protein foods at
separate meals. Protein foods require an acid
medium for digestion

Eat only one kind of protein food at a meal

(no chicken in your omelettes)

I SUPPORT THIS ONE

Eat proteins and acid foods at separate meals.
The acids of acid foods inhibit the secretion of the
digestive acids required for protein digestion.
Undigested proteins putrefy in bacterial
decomposition and produces some potent poisons

Eat proteins and fats at separate meals. Some
foods, especially nuts, are over 50% fat and
require hours for digestion

*perfect example of my own theory.....BULLCORN

you need fat to all of foods you are digesting to be released slowly

as to not cause a blood sugar spike

though i do not recommend HEALTHY fat content per meal to be over 15g

Eat proteins and sugars (fruits) at separate
meals

Eat starchy foods and sugars (fruits) at
separate meals. Fruits undergo no digestion in the
stomach and are held up if eaten with foods which
require digestion in the stomach

(no fruits & grains/oatmeal & berries)

Eat melons alone. Melons combine with almost no
other food

(do able)

Forget the desserts. Eaten on top of meals they
lie heavy on the stomach, requiring no digestion
there, and ferment. Bacteria turn them into
alcohols, acetic acids and vinegars

(awe crap)

http://www.alderbrooke.com/images/food-combining-postcard.jpg

JOINT PAIN?

Glucosamine and Chondroitin

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Recently Chuka Do,

my own personal Skooby

has been having some hip problems

i took her to the doggie hospital before i left for NYC due to her calmed demeanor, lack of mobility then crying.

As a mom, it scared the

crap outta me

They put her on an anti-inflamitory and restricted her movement for the week that I was gone

She seems to be fine now,

but I don’t want to

keep her on medication

So I was in search of a holistic/herbal approach

Thankfully the employees at HEALTH SPOT,

where Chukes has her "SPA DAYS",

were very knowledgable and helped me find

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Now she seems to be back to her normal self

galloping around the house...

& stuffing her head in between the couch

when she feels that i am not paying ENOUGH attention to her

there is still some swelling in her hip joints

but will keep up with the teas

and maybe even try some MYSELF!

THE TEA IS SAFE FOR HUMANS OF COURSE

so if you want to take the hollistic route intsead of the

Glucosamine and Chondroitin

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