“I am overeating with heavy depression”, this is the latest email that we received from a woman who is battling a very depressed mood. It is crucial to understand how food works in connection to our mental health, what we eat can literally affect how our body and mind works. It is clear that depression is increasing worldwide, and overeating is creating a vicious cycle. The brain has a very tricky relationship when it comes to our food.
Depressed mood and foods
When a person is depressed the body usually responses by triggering
a response to eat, this is actually a good thing at first. The brain’s call to eat
(particularly fatty and sugary) food is because foods release “feel good
hormones”, these hormones are released in order to stop a depressed mood.
Eating is a pleasure and the brain hormones which are released calm and soothe
our emotions, it is no wonder that women are known to crave chocolate when
feeling depressed. The fact that foods make us feel emotionally better is why
depression and overeating are linked, the unfortunate thing is that this creates
a vicious cycle of needing to eat to fell better.
Will power does not stop appetite, no matter how hard you
try to eat less you will actually end up eating more. The brain is a very
powerful organ and the hormones which are released to improve the mood are
highly desirable to the body, forget will power to stop eating. Depression is
often related to hormone imbalances and this is why food is such an important
part of healing the emotional imbalance.
The good news
The way to win the battle over depression overeating is to
use a diet which allows you to eat and deactivate the brain triggers for food
at the same time. This is what has worked for thousands of people; you eat,
enjoy and stop the brain from craving more foods.
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