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here’s a tiger in the effect, signaling the body
to store weight, store fat
L ve room. A very angry and stop building muscle.
We literally change calorie-
What You Eat, Ttiger and he is ready burning capacity and adjust
to attack. Not a very good it downward when we are
time to have lunch, is it? stressed. You could follow
Eat What “Do you really think you the best weight-loss diet in
You LOve are going to digest your food, the world, but if you’re an
much less lose weight, if you anxious, stressed person, the
power of your mind limits
are struggling with an angry weight-loss.”

By Patricia Danflous tiger?” asks eating specialist Don’t allow food to rule
your life, Moos advises,
Rebecca Moos, MS, LPC, encouraging individuals to
relax in the approach to food
NCC. She frequently uses through mind-body nutrition.
“Express gratitude for the
the tiger battle to illustrate good things in life. Focus
on everything that works
the mental and physiological well and reminds you to be
happy,” she says. “When
impact of emotional eating. we choose to be happy, the
body relaxes and we step
“Emotional eating is not into the optimum state of
metabolic health.”
just about the food choices
Trained in a psychology
we make,” Moos explains. of eating program, Moos
emphasizes that learning to
“Thoughts about our body be aware of a meal, how it
tastes, and eating it slowly
and our food, and our ability helps you feel nourished,
eliciting a relaxation
to relax, to breathe, to enjoy response. “Thirty to 40
percent of digestive capacity
the moment, to be thankful comes from our thoughts
and feelings about food,” she
for life with gratitude and says. “Breathe, slow down
and change how you think
pleasure — all of that about yourself and food. You
will better utilize nutrients
encompasses emotional for calorie burning, muscle
building, energy and mood-
eating. Most issues with food improving results.”

have very little to do with

food. Usually, something else

is going on that influences

metabolic health. Food is

merely a symptom used to

binge, restrict, control, count

or abstain from in order to

respond to stress.”

Stress, fear, anxiety, anger,

judgment and negative

self-talk can literally create

a physiological stress

response in the body, Moos

emphasizes. “Digestion

shuts down when the body

is stressed, generating more

cortisol and insulin. Those

hormones have an undesired

Digestion shuts down
when the body is stressed,
generating more cortisol

and insulin.
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