10 Foods That Can Soothe Stress And Stop You From Comfort Eating

The path to healthy eating is an easy one – don’t eat too much or too little, and choose the right types of foods for your body.

Translating that into reality is something different altogether.

For some of us, our relationship with food is more than just an activity to fuel our body – it can be deeply entrenched in how we view the world, react to it and how we view ourselves.

Psychologist Dr Susan Albers, who has just published Quit Comfort Eating has written a very easy-to-follow book about the subject. She says: “Some of the smartest people I know overeat. They are successful in business, responsible , and creative. They know what a healthy lifestyle looks like: more fruits and vegetables, fewer processed foods, regular exercise.

“My clients have asked one question over and over again: How can I know how to eat well and not be able to do it? To give you a hint, more often than not it’s a feeling or emotion that lies in the gap between your decision and your actions.”

Stress can be a big contributor to why we make poor decisions with food. In this extract, we present the top 10 foods from the book that help buffer the negative effects of stress: Click here