Food & Me
Presenter: Ashely Gearhardt, Ph.D. University of Michigan, Department of Psychology
Date: Thursday, October 13, 2022
The holidays are coming and along with the season comes stress eating, emotional eating, mindless eating of highly processed, salty, and sugary foods. Why do we do this every year? The stress and anxiety of the holidays can cause blood pressure spikes and other issues, which can be detrimental to your health.
- Emotional eating.
- Attraction to processed and ultra processed foods.
- Addictions to foods
- Food's impact on overall health and wellness
Many of us have tried all kinds of diets. Keto, Atkins, Weight Watchers, South Beach, Paleo, The Zone..., with varying degrees of success, long or short term. Because weight loss can help reduce chronic blood pressure, it is important to find a lifestyle and relationship with food that allows for the best health outcomes.