We also tend to find ourselves eating foods higher in sugar, fat, or salt because it stimulates the brain's reward system and improves our mood. Plus, our olfactory (smell) memories evoke vivid and detailed emotional memories of our past and tend to be positive. However, stress eating happens when we're using food to cope or avoid our feelings. Also, if we're stress eating, food doesn't make those original stressors go away. To ensure we have our emotional eating in check, there are some ways we can maintain a positive relationship with food.

Source: CBC News November 07, 2020 18:00 UTC