Why Do We Comfort Eat

Finding comfort in food is common and it s part of a practice called emotional eating.
Why do we comfort eat. They provide pleasure or temporarily make us feel better. After my late night confession about comfort eating the other night i am writing about why we comfort eat and what we can do about it when it becomes a problem. In the literature comfort eating is equivalent to emotional eating or stress eating it is defined as eating in response to emotional arousal such as depression anxiety or anger as.
So here is the science. People who emotionally eat reach for food several times a week or more to suppress and soothe negative. Citing several studies the article in the journal of gastronomy and food science indicates we eat comfort foods to shift our emotional state from negative to positive.
Comfort foods are typically energy dense high fat and sweet such as chocolate ice cream and french fries.