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→Comfort food, unhealthy emotions, self-medicating, and unhealthy food
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?], Henry Ford Health website</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?], Henry Ford Health website</ref>}}
[[File:Nacho Cheese Flavor Doritos.jpg|center|thumbnail|300px|Steven A. Witherly, a food scientist and the author of “Why Humans Like Junk Food,” has explained to the New York Times that nacho cheese Doritos are the archetype of addictive processed foods. In order to maximize the pleasure, half of the calories in Doritos come from fat.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2013/10/03/why-doritos-are-as-addictive-as-crack/ Why Doritos are so darned addictive], New York Post, 2013</ref>]]
[[File:Ice-cream-sundae.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Picture of an ice cream sundae.
[[File:Ice-cream-sundae.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Picture of an ice cream sundae.
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According the website Fast Food Nutrition, a Dairy Queen strawberry sundae contains between 240-480 calories.<ref>[https://fastfoodnutrition.org/dairy-queen/strawberry-sundae Dairy Queen strawberry sundae]</ref>]]
According the website Fast Food Nutrition, a Dairy Queen strawberry sundae contains between 240-480 calories.<ref>[https://fastfoodnutrition.org/dairy-queen/strawberry-sundae Dairy Queen strawberry sundae]</ref>]]
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== See also ==
== See also ==