Are you familiar with the concept of stress eating? It goes something like this: When challenges mount and life becomes stressful, many of us start eating in order to curb our stress, even if we’re not actually hungry and our bodies don’t necessarily need food. Unfortunately, the foods we turn to during hours of stress tend to be unhealthy ones—foods that are high in sugar, fat, or salt. As such, it goes without saying that stress eating can be damaging to our overall health. With that said, the idea is not totally wrong: Eating can help you minimize stress—so long…
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