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4 main tips on how to stop emotional eating

 People eat for a variety of reasons. To stop emotional eating, you need to know what causes it.  Find out what situations, feelings, or places trigger emotional hunger. Emotional eating is often  triggered by negative emotions.  Sometimes positive emotions such as rewarding yourself for  achievement. Causes emotional eating • Stress -  Most people tend to eat when they are stressed and for good reason. During chronic  stress, high levels of cortisol, the stress hormone, are released. Cortisol creates cravings for salty,  sugary, and fatty foods. That will increase your energy and pleasure levels. • Boredom -  This happens when you are unemployed and unemployed. You can eat to relieve  boredom. You feel empty and not full, so you eat to kill boredom and get that sense of satisfaction. • childhood memories -  You can remember childhood memories of food. Some parents use food to reward children for  doing well. Your parents rewar...