Overeating serves as one of the most popular and universal methods for releasing stress.
One way of lowering the body’s energy level through diet is by eating sweets and refined carbs which may by psychologically linked to feeling a lack of affection from others and therefore “taking car of ourselves” by giving ourselves treats. Fast-metabolizing refined cars create a steep rise in blood sugar followed by a corresponding drop. Some people even put themselves to sleep by overloading on carbs.
Other people use this method through heavy protein consumption which draws off the energy required to digest these dense foods, this makes the body feel heavier and more relaxed, the grounded feeling after a big protein meal.
Those who heavily spice nearly all their food may be addicted to this, spice creates an extra demand on the digestive system lowering the body’s energy.
Not everyone who uses overeating as a means of dissipating energy becomes obese. Some people overeat and then over-exert; those with eating disorders such as bulimia binge then purge. Ironically and sadly, the self-imposed starvation of anorexia, the opposite of overeating, also lowers the energy level, leaving a feeling of artificial lightness and lassitude – a form of tension relief that can prove seriously debilitating and eventually fatal.
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