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After going through anger or being sad, are you one of those people who goes to the refrigerator in search of a pint of shortbread or a chocolate?
“We also eat for emotions,” he claimed nutritionist and psychologist Dr. Rosaly Cartagena. Therefore, it is not only enough to ensure that you practice balanced and nutritious nutrition, but also to be attentive to the mood component.
“We have to pay attention to whether I am eating out of emotion, whether it is physical hunger or emotional hunger. Sometimes we eat, we go through anger, and it’s not that I’m hungry. “I open the refrigerator and get fed up with everything I find, using food to channel emotions.”reported the current president of the College of Nutritionists and Dietitians of Puerto Rico.
Likewise, he emphasized the balance that should include good nutrition, exercising, and emotional health, complemented by medical care, routine check-ups and laboratories.
“Anxiety episodes lead to the consumption of foods that are rich in sugar, because neurologically it has a calming effect. We release a liquid when we consume sugar, which gives us that peace of mind, even if it is momentary. And that effect does not occur with vegetables. You never hear people say, ‘I’m anxious, I want broccoli or asparagus. No, because that type of product does not help in the release of that neurotransmitter that calms me down.”added Dr. Cartagena in one of the informative workshops from El Nuevo Dia Expert Responseas part of the content offered the wellness platform Estar Bien.
If you understand that you can engage in this practice of emotional eating, Dr. Cartagena urges prevention. That is to say, “that emotion does not go from 1 to 10 in a minute, but rather you see how those signals from our body escalate, until you feel that you are anxious or stressed.”
Here are three tips that the expert shares when you feel that your emotions are altered, to avoid unnecessary sugar intake.
- “One trick is to use the temperatures before resorting to meals. With some cold compresses, put it on your face for a few seconds and that change in temperature lowers your stress level,” shares Cartagena.
- The expert also recommends taking a bath with cold water.
- Another option is to go outside to exercise and run.
“All this helps to calm down”he highlighted.
If there is no option at that moment to change the temperature or exercise and what the body asks is to eat something sweet, the psychologist and nutritionist urges having a small portion of chocolate on hand.
“When you put it in your mouth, do it slowly, try to do a mindfulness exercise, closing your eyes, breathing, tasting the chocolate, perhaps thinking about that place that gives you tranquility and peace. You will notice how those stress levels in the body go down”assured the expert.
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