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- Stress eats holes in your brain http://www.startribune.com/stress-eats-holes-in-your-brain/142338285/ 6 comments
- Rare lizard species stress-eats to cope with loud military aircraft https://www.armytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2023/03/29/rare-lizard-species-stress-eats-to-cope-with-loud-military-aircraft/ 33 comments army
- Candies To Stress Eat While You Watch The World Series Game Tonight, Ranked https://deadspin.com/candies-to-stress-eat-while-you-watch-the-world-series-1839471181 23 comments baseball
- Will Trump's exercise and eating habits catch up to him as stress mounts? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/07/17/trumps-exercise-and-eating-habits-catch-up-him-stress-mounts/451462001/ 57 comments politics
- Study shows: Women eat their stress away, men just watch porn. http://www.dusk-tv.com/en/porna-to-explore/magazine/women-eat-their-stress-away-men-just-watch-porn 3 comments science
- Kamala Harris talks election stress: I'm 'not eating gummies' https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/21/kamala-harris-election-campaign-trail-gummies/75783859007/ 52 comments politics
- Data from a sample of 953 working adults suggests that exhaustion and a greater workload was correlated with increased weight gain and stress eating https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/fiypyft6tf3zypx7fvwh/full 10 comments science
- Female competition stress linked to disordered eating across the lifespan | According to the study, stress from female competition for status and male attention is linked to disordered eating attitudes and behaviors. https://www.psypost.org/female-competition-stress-linked-to-disordered-eating-across-the-lifespan/ 30 comments science
- Lizards at US Army’s Fort Carson are stress eating in response to flyover noise from military aircraft https://blog.frontiersin.org/2023/03/29/frontiers-amphibian-reptile-science-colorado-checkered-whiptails-noise-pollution/ 34 comments science
- Maurizio Zamparini admits he “was wrong to sack” Stefano Pioli, I was eating my second testicle due to the stress. I’d already eaten the first http://www.football-italia.net/97214/zamparini-i-was-wrong-sack-pioli 10 comments soccer
- A flavanol-rich cocoa drink can protect the body’s vasculature against stress even after eating high-fat food, finds new study. Drinking or eating a food high in flavanols may be used as a strategy to mitigate some of the impact of poorer food choices on the vascular system. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/cocoa-could-protect-you-from-the-negative-effects-of-fatty-foods-during-mental-stress-study 192 comments science
- Eating cheese plays a role in healthy, happy aging | A study of 2.3 million people found, those who reported the best mental health and stress resilience, which boosted well-being, also seemed to eat more cheese. https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/cheese-happy-aging/ 1585 comments science
- Study suggests that as parents become more stressed, they pressure their children to eat healthy foods and restrict access to unhealthy foods. That pressure can affect a child's relationship with food. https://news.uga.edu/parents-are-overwhelmed/ 7 comments health
- Study suggests that as parents become more stressed, they pressure their children to eat healthy foods and restrict access to unhealthy foods. That pressure can affect a child's relationship with food. https://news.uga.edu/parents-are-overwhelmed/ 73 comments science
- Using fatty foods to comfort eat during times of stress can impair recovery from stress in young healthy adults. Comfort eating impairs the body’s recovery from stress by reducing blood flow to the brain and vascular function, which can have a negative effect on mental health and cognitive function. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/10/comfort-eating-can-impair-bodys-recovery-from-stress-study-shows 33 comments science
- The hyperactivity disorder, usually referred to as ADHD, is an independent risk factor for several common and serious mental health issues and finds research. It is associated with major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorder anorexia nervosa, and suicide attempts. https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/26/1/e300642 4 comments science
- Stress combined with calorie-dense ‘comfort’ food creates changes in the brain that drive more eating, boost cravings for sweet, highly palatable food, and lead to excess weight gain - mouse study https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/link-between-chronic-stress-and-comfort-eating-mouse-study 125 comments science
- Sharing meals with friends may lower depression, anxiety, and stress in teens. The study is the first to highlight the benefits of social eating behavior in adolescents. As compared to family meals, social eating behavior was robustly associated with reduced stress, depression, and anxiety symptoms https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261561423000298?via%3Dihub= 3 comments science
- Candice Michelle on her brain scan/health issues: "I have level three adrenal fatigue. I had no hormones in my body from the stress...I can't replace my adrenals with a supplement if I have no hormones in my body, and if I take hormones, the stress eats it before it deposits into my body." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D2GXcmJbHA 16 comments squaredcircle
- Researchers found 2 thinking processes–planning & execution of plans–were weakened in overweight pregnant women with high stress, & those skill gaps were linked to higher fat intake. Coaching these women to improve those cognitive skills may be key to helping them eat less fat, the study suggests. https://news.osu.edu/how-better-planning-behavior-regulation-may-lead-to-eating-less-fat/ 4 comments science
- Eating a diet rich in fruit and vegetables is associated with less stress, according to new research. The findings revealed people who ate at least 470 grams of fruit and vegetables daily had 10 per cent lower stress levels than those who consumed less than 230 grams. https://www.ecu.edu.au/news/latest-news/2021/05/eating-more-fruit-and-vegetables-linked-to-less-stress-study 149 comments science
- The heavy eating and drinking during tailgating doesn’t affect all men the same way, new research suggests. In some, the body responded in a unique way to take the stress off the liver. Findings reveal both genetics and lifestyle can work together to protect from the overconsumption of nutrients. https://medicine.missouri.edu/news/researchers-study-what-happens-your-body-during-football-tailgating 22 comments science
- Stressed Out in Lockdown, America's Young Adults Are Overeating. About 48% of the study participants reported one or more unhealthy eating behaviors. The use of food to cope with the pandemic was also associated with weight gain, especially for young adults with a higher starting weight. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s1054139x20306790?dgcid=rss_sd_all 10 comments science
- Eating in a 6-hour period and fasting for 18 hours can trigger a metabolic switch from glucose-based to ketone-based energy, with increased stress resistance, increased longevity, and a decreased incidence of diseases, including cancer and obesity. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmra1905136?query=featured_home 5 comments science
- Symptoms of depression dropped significantly among a group of young adults after they followed a Mediterranean-style pattern of eating for three weeks. Depression "scores" fell from the "moderate" range down to the "normal" range, and they reported lower levels of anxiety and stress too. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/10/09/768665411/changing-your-diet-can-help-tamp-down-depression-boost-mood?t=1570732457641 3 comments science
- A simple tweak to the sleeping patterns of 'night owls' -- people with extreme late sleeping and waking habits -- could lead to significant improvements in sleep/wake timings, improved performance in the mornings, better eating habits and a decrease in depression and stress https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2019/06/night-owls-can-retrain-their-body-clocks-to-improve-well-being-and-performance.aspx 4 comments science
- 'Night owls', people with extreme late sleeping and waking habits, can 'retrain' their body clocks to improve sleep/wake timings, eating habits and decrease depression and stress. Over a three-week period, they were able to shift their circadian rhythm using non-pharmacological interventions. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-06/uob-noc060619.php 153 comments science
- [Graff] Mike Zimmer on losing 20 pounds during the season: "I wasn’t losing weight because of the stress. … I was losing weight because I wasn’t eating. I was working. I would eat two bites and then go back to work. Our cafeteria is way on the other end." https://twitter.com/chadgraff/status/1110589021107834880 39 comments nfl
- [Riot Report] One of the teens asks Cam how he relaxes when he has to deal with so much stress - says when bad things happen (like Thursday night), he finds himself eating a lot of comfort food (Honey Buns used as an example.) https://twitter.com/rriotreport/status/1062117335518076928?s=21 33 comments nfl
- A study suggests eating high-fiber foods reduces effects of stress on gut and behavior. In recent years there has been growing interest in the link between gut bacteria and stress-related disorders including anxiety, depression and irritable bowel syndrome https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/tps-ehf073018.php 3 comments science
- Emotional eating in childhood is learned at home - The tendency for children to eat more or less when stressed and upset is mainly influenced by the home environment and not by genes, according to a new UCL-led twin study. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0618/180618_emotional_eating 211 comments science
- Children as young as 4 who experience stress eat more in the absence of hunger, beginning a cycle that could possibly lead to excessive weight gain over time, increasing health risk. http://ns.umich.edu/new/releases/25463-stress-eating-can-start-in-early-childhood-may-lead-to-extra-weight-later 27 comments science
- Stress during the workday can lead to overeating and unhealthy food choices at dinnertime, but a good night’s sleep can serve as a protecting factor between job stress and unhealthy eating in the evening, indicates a new study by MSU published in the Journal of Applied Psychology. http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2017/eating-your-feelings-the-link-between-job-stress-junk-food-and-sleep/ 2 comments science
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of meditation programs for psychological stress finds moderate evidence of improved anxiety and pain but low or insufficient evidence of any effect on positive mood, attention, substance use, eating habits, sleep, and weight. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24395196 4 comments science
- Zombie cancer cells eat themselves to live: A new study shows that the cellular process of autophagy in which cells "eat" parts of themselves in times of stress may allow cancer cells to recover and divide rather than die when faced with chemotherapies http://www.science20.com/news_articles/zombie_cancer_cells_eat_themselves_to_live-133525 28 comments science
- Stress-Buster: Microsoft Research invented a bra made with material that monitors the wearers moods and helps to regulate stress eating. http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/bra-sensors-could-monitor-overeating-131127.htm 4 comments technology
- As if an Amoeba, the Naegleria gruberi, that sprouts 2 arms when it's stressed isn't enough... it's brother, the Naegleria fowleri, can climb along your Olfactory Nerve and eat your brain. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyid=124328382 10 comments science