Part Two:

Healthy Mind . . . Healthy Body

Chapter Four:

Food as an Addiction: what am I feeding?

Chapter Description:

From the first chapter you remember that eating to relieve stress is healthy, as long as it doesn't result in a weight change (i.e., the overeating episode is discrete and of a short duration). Eating feels good, food tastes good, and both of these can make you feel good, so eating can be addictive. Unlike your busy neighbor, food is always available. Unlike your children, food never talks back. And, unlike a talk with your partner, chocolate is always satisfying. The second half of this book will help you explore those stressors, feelings, and situations which precede your compulsive eating. Stress-induced leptin resistance syndrome will be introduced as a technical name for compulsive overeating. The following chapters will help you build an essential bridge between environmental triggers or stress and overeating, while at the same time, help you utilize more constructive coping and life skills.

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