Kickbox your way to fitness

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addiction to the emotional
numbness
brought on by binging.”
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Causes
Lisa Antao finds about out the repercussions of emotional eating
ow often have you polished off
a whole bag of chips, just
because you felt bored and had
nothing better to do? Guzzled down
loads of alcohol to celebrate as well as
mourned when your favourite team lost
in a sports championship? Or perhaps,
comforted yourself eating icecream
and chocolates, while wallowing in misery after a big fight with your
boyfriend/spouse? If you do these
often, then you are an emotional eater.
body. Also, sometimes for reasons like
revenge (where one eats to settle scores
with a parent, who may want one to be
thin), to kill boredom and monotony, to
escape from the chores, duties of life
(you have an excuse that you are eating
so you can’t do chores/duties) and to
kill loneliness. So the factors driving
eating behaviour is not food, not hunger
but unresolved feelings and questionable ideologies,” says clinical psychologist Varkha Chulani.
Definition
Dr Nupur Krishnan, clinical dietician
says, “Emotional eating occurs when a
person has the tendency to eat food
when he/she is emotionally unstable.
Emotional eating cycle over a period of
time can destroy self-esteem and ruin
health through tremendous weight
gain. The problem is not one of
willpower, but a complex interplay of
psychological and emotional needs,
physical changes, brain chemical-driven cravings, social conditioning, and
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“Emotional Eating is a condition where
food is solicited not for hunger but for
various other reasons. These may
include the fear of starvation, the need
to distract oneself from thoughts which
are not wanted (these may include
thoughts due to anxiety, hatred, provoking ideas, etc.), the evocation of the
parasympathetic nervous system
which is the system of pleasure in our
Psychologically
speaking,
Chulani
says that since people
hate being uncomfortable, they do many
things to avoid those
feelings like shopping,
taking massages, having sex, etc. Eating
too, is included in
escapism. So they
escape dilemmas by
eating, tackle problems with food and
generally delve into
buckets of ice cream,
gorge on chocolates
and cheese to feel
good. They unfortunately haven’t learnt
coping strategies and
believe too little in
their ability to handle
problems, thus the
only solace they find
when they are in trouble, is in food.
Effects
The effects of emotional eating can have
undesired repercussions on one’s health.
Dr Nupur says that
emotional overeating
results in excess calories and obesity. Most
obese people suffer
social discrimination
compared to a normal
AVOID THIS: Emotional Eating can result in obesity
ENTERTAINMENT
weight person. This leads to
physical and psychological
stress in mind and compels
you to indulge in emotional
binging. Thus it makes a
vicious cycle.
Most often emotional binging is associated with nonnutritional foods and the person is likely to suffer multiple chronic diseases and multiple nutritional deficiency
related diseases. Excess sugars and concentrated starches cause havoc in hormones
of metabolism and leads
blood sugar to
swing wildly up and down.
These substances make up
foods that are typical binge
foods for most people, for eg.
candy, cookies, pastries, ice
cream and breads. Falling
blood sugar levels stimulate
your brain to release chemicals that drive the hunger
centre, sending out a ‘need to
feed’ signal, making you
want to eat.
Dietician Poonam Singh,
lists out the various physical
effects of Emotional Eating
like obesity, depression,
insomnia, loss of memory,
loss of mass muscle, osteoporosis, hair loss, nail loss,
low blood pressure, low
heart rate, headaches and
even suicidal thoughts.
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How to curb it?
Emotional eating is a
problem that needs to
be dealt with
effectively. Dr
Nupur suggests
, not to use food
as your emotional
stress
reliever
and
seek help
from others to
observe
if
you
show any
symptoms of
emotional
binging.
Zinc is often
deficient in
people
who
binge.
Taking zinc is especially
important to battle this
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disorder because it increases
the appetite and aids the
sense of taste. Also, never let
yourself go for long periods
without eating, and plan
what you will eat (the right
choices), when you can stop
to eat, and where you intend
to eat. Singh shares the following tips:
I Eat small, frequent meals
and include plenty of whole
grains, fruits and vegetables.
I If larger portions are
served while dining out
share it with family or
friends even before you begin
to eat.
I Watch portion sizes try to
analyse your hunger before
the start of your meal
I Start your day with breakfast followed by any kind of
activity.
I Limit caffeine and carbonated
beverages
like
colas/sodas to as much as
possible
I Avoid living entirely on
snack foods as they usually
won’t energise as much as a
complete meal.
I Try various stress relief
activities like listening to
music, yoga, meditation,
relaxing exercises, etc.
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BEWARE: Watch your
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