We received an email from a woman who
lives with a very secret eating disorder, the young woman suffers
from a private battle with binge eating and food addiction; this is a
problem that effects many millions of people according to statistics
from the World Health Organization. The inability to control appetite
is an embarrassment for many but science says that an eating disorder
is not your fault, almost all binge eating is connected to an
emotional stress either past or present.
The brain,mood and appetite
Did you know that stress in some way is
always a factor contributing to excessive appetite?
Researchers at the Laboratory of
Neuroendocrinology revealed that stressful events secretly
contribute to brain changes which trigger appetite. This research
showed how events in your life contribute to hyper-appetite. The
Study concluded that
“High reactors ate significantly
more sweet food across days. Increases in negative mood in response
to the stressors were also significantly related to greater food
consumption. These results suggest that psychophysiological response
to stress may influence subsequent eating behavior. Over time, these
alterations could impact both weight and health”
What is crucial to
this study is that often people are unaware that childhood(or adult)
abuses, divorce or even a bad relationship with parents can create a
problem with appetite. Studies in Germany showed that depression or
school stress contributed greatly to food addiction in young adults.
Often eating disorders are held in secret due to shame, sadly people
blame themselves for overeating when it is in fact other issues which
cause the problem. The study from Laboratory of
Neuroendocrinology made it very clear that a person can suffer very
serious health problems for various eating disorders.
Do not live
with it
Addressing an
issue with food is essential for your emotional and physical well
being, it is crucial to address the issue to avoid a deeper
addiction. Will power does not stop food addictions! The hormones
cortisol and leptin contribute to brain changes which create urges to
consume large amounts of food. Millions of people live stressed or
depressed lives and have no idea that they are depressed or stressed.
Regardless of
whether you are aware of the causes of your eating disorder or not
the fact still remains that the issue does exist and must be
addressed to avoid serious health consequences
The failure of
Will power
Will power is no
match for a powerful emotional brain trigger causing an urge to
overeat, only a diet created for food cravings was ever shown to stop
the brain triggers naturally, people were allowed to eat what they
wanted and still deactivated the cravings. This worked in over 10
countries naturally over thousands.
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