Why do we think food will make us feel better?

[DestinyintheDark]

or even stranger---- solve our problems?

always when the going gets tough I want to go to the food. I know with
alcohol/drugs it helps you forget for a while and I have gotten 'drunk'
off of rich/sugary food but you don't really escape it.
Is it a conditioned response? As a small child someone probably handed
me candy or a cookie when I fell down or was crying ....why didn't
anyone hand me a carrot stick ;-)

D

[Carol Frilegh]

In article om>,
DestinyintheDark > wrote:

> or even stranger---- solve our problems?
>
> always when the going gets tough I want to go to the food. I know with
> alcohol/drugs it helps you forget for a while and I have gotten 'drunk'
> off of rich/sugary food but you don't really escape it.
> Is it a conditioned response? As a small child someone probably handed
> me candy or a cookie when I fell down or was crying ....why didn't
> anyone hand me a carrot stick ;-)
>
It is a sort of anesthetic.

[roxan]

The first thing a mother does when a baby needs comfort is to put it to the
breast to feed. This is why we associate food with comfort. It is a
conditioned response. What we need to do is teach ourselves other ways of
making us feed comforted in times of stress.
Roxan
"DestinyintheDark" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> or even stranger---- solve our problems?
>
> always when the going gets tough I want to go to the food. I know with
> alcohol/drugs it helps you forget for a while and I have gotten 'drunk'
> off of rich/sugary food but you don't really escape it.
> Is it a conditioned response? As a small child someone probably handed
> me candy or a cookie when I fell down or was crying ....why didn't
> anyone hand me a carrot stick ;-)
>
> D
>

[rvsmithmd]

or even stranger---- solve our problems?

always when the going gets tough I want to go to the food. I know with
alcohol/drugs it helps you forget for a while and I have gotten 'drunk'
off of rich/sugary food but you don't really escape it.
Is it a conditioned response? As a small child someone probably handed
me candy or a cookie when I fell down or was crying ....why didn't
anyone hand me a carrot stick ;-)

D

High glycemic index foods are mood altering to many people - the temporary change in mood is addicting causing us to reach for these foods in times of stress.

http://www.antiagingatlanta.com/lowglycemicdiet.htm

http://www.antiagingatlanta.com/lowglycemicdietfoods.htm