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Why comfort eating doesn’t make you happy

January 22, 2021 By Prof. Sandra Sünram-Lea

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Eating processed comfort foods can briefly make you feel better about yourself. The sugar fat and salt they contain can affect the brain’s mesolymbic reward system, giving you a nice sensation.

But the mood improvement is only brief because your body will quickly release insulin, which takes sugar out of your bloodstream, and causes a slump.

If you try to stop the slump by repeating the cake or biscuit dose, your weight will spiral, which is not good for mood.

My comments for an article in The Times on comfort eating during lockdown.

Why Comfort food doesn’t make you happy. The Times Weekend Section January 21, 2021.

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About Prof. Sandra Sünram-Lea

My research background is in biological psychology and neuroscience, and I am interested in biological factors and mechanisms which affect human cognition and behaviour across the lifespan. Much of my research has focused on the effects of glucose administration and glucose regulatory mechanisms on human cognition.

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