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== Comfort food, unhealthy emotions, self-medicating, and unhealthy food ==

== Comfort food, unhealthy emotions, self-medicating, and unhealthy food ==

According to the Henry Ford Health website:

According to the Henry Ford Health website:

The drawback, of course, is that food doesn't address the emotion that triggered the craving. "If you're feeling guilt, sadness or grief, food may help numb those emotions in the moment, but then the feeling returns," Beeler says. "And if you're overconsuming foods that are high in fat and sugar, that can lead to increases in blood pressure, cholesterol and triglycerides over time."<ref>[https://www.henryford.com/blog/2020/12/do-you-have-an-unhealthy-relationship-with-comfort-food#:~:text=%22The%20foods%20we%20tend%20to,activated%20when%20you%20take%20drugs.%22 Do You Have An Unhealthy Relationship With Comfort Food?]</ref>}}

The drawback, of course, is that food doesn't address the emotion that triggered the craving. "If you're feeling guilt, sadness or grief, food may help numb those emotions in the moment, but then the feeling returns," Beeler says. "And if you're overconsuming foods that are high in fat and sugar, that can lead to increases in blood pressure, cholesterol and triglycerides over time."<ref>[https://www.henryford.com/blog/2020/12/do-you-have-an-unhealthy-relationship-with-comfort-food#:~:text=%22The%20foods%20we%20tend%20to,activated%20when%20you%20take%20drugs.%22 Do You Have An Unhealthy Relationship With Comfort Food?]</ref>}}

== See also ==

== See also ==