Delicious food is appreciated worldwide as a fixture of shared culture, family tradition, comfort at home and luxury eating out. A centerpiece of celebration and events, food always get the festivities underway.
Nothing serves as an indulgent pick-me-up like a warm dish of your favorite food—especially you’re feeling blue. While doctors, along with the current organic ‘local food’ movement, urge us towards healthier, balanced diets, this doesn’t mean comfort food needs to be abandoned.
There are ways to turn your guilty pleasure into a healthy ones and still get the psychological boost.
Sentimental links to food
The psychology behind comfort food is that senses and feelings associated with food can
boost your mood in times of depression, loneliness or stress.
Rather than physical needs, these food cravings are based on your emotional needs. This is because your choice of dishes may be a reminder of someone you love, a childhood experience, or any emotions that can have a positive influence on your mood. By engaging in this sentimental dish, you stimulate the feelings in your subconscious and that familiar feeling is brought back to comfort you.
Forget calories, focus on comfort
Our favorite comfort foods are usually high-calorie, nutrient-deficient dishes that can often lead to…
