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Imagine that you just fight with your best friend or your partner, you’re angry, you go to the fridge and eat chocolate ice cream a couple of spoonfuls and you feel a little better, but still the tears are in your eyes.

Emotional eating is the use of food as a way of dealing with emotions rather than satisfy hunger. Everyone Has this ever happened when we finished a whole bag of chips just out of boredom or have eaten a cookie after another as he kneeled upon his elbows before an important exam. But when you usually can affect weight, health and general welfare.

Not many people make the connection between eating and emotions. But understanding what triggers emotional eating behavior can help to take steps to quit.

One of the main myths about emotional eating is that trigger negative emotions. Yes, it is true that people often take refuge in food when stressed, lonely, sad, anxious or bored. But emotional eating can also be associated with positive emotions such as romantic to share a dessert on Valentine’s Day or the celebration of a feast on a holiday.

Sometimes emotional eating is associated with important life events like death or divorce. But more often are the countless small and life stresses that cause people to seek solace or diversion in the food.

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