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14 + WATERLOO CHRONICLE + Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Come See What‘s New and Exciting at 2008 ECLIPSE CAMBRIDGE MITSUBISHI 2211 Eagle Street North | Cambridge 1.866.250.2151 cambridgemitsubishi.com sys mt ces o (519)886â€"2360 ext. 241 russell.mceachnaie@investorsgroup.com ngmhgch"k . Investors Retirement & Tax LGroup Specialist *on 2008 Echipse only starting at MSRP $24,254 I‘ is common to overeat from time to time. However, frequent bouts of overeating in response to emotions can be harmful to your physical and emotional well being. Until recently, the medical community knew very little about the role of stress and anxiety, or downplayed the Emotional eating adds to the wasteline 2008 OUTLANDER s»;««»$24,998 2007 GALANT s« x «» $24,998 2008 LANCER s»»;«« $16,598 role of emotions and its effects on gating behaviour. An interesting connection has been established between emotional eating and dieting. New research highlights the effects of chronic dieting on the relaâ€" tionships among stress, anxiâ€" ety, hunger, and eating. Researchers have discovâ€" ered that "chronic dieters" who are hungry will overeat or binge eat when stressed or emotional, However, if they are not hungry, anxiety will have no effect on eating. The problem here of course is the fact that chronic dieters spend much of their time in a state of hunger in an exhausting effort to lose weight. Nonâ€"chronic dieters on the other hand, don‘t seem to turn to food when stressed or anxious. They will have supâ€" pressed eating behavior when anxious. If they are not hungry, anxiety typically has no effect on eating. Again, the link to hunger is that nonâ€"dieters tend to eat when they are hungry, so hunger may largely be removed from the equation. Although it may not be as simple as grouping people into categories of dieters and nonâ€"dieters, these findings demonstrate the long lasting effects of chronic fad or restrictive dieting. So why do some turn to food when experiencing cerâ€" tain emotions or anxiety? Food can bring comfort and pleasure at least in the shortâ€" term. As a result, food can temporarily heal emotional Formerty known as Poliock & Wilfiags/Phorme Still independently ow th the same credible, knowledgeablE_staff that â€"â€"(d)â€"â€"â€" Total Health problems. Eating might then become a habit that prevents us from learning skills that can effectively resolve our emotional distress. Anxiety or depression, boredom, anger, loneliness, frustration and stress are just some of the emotions or situâ€" ations that can lead to overeating. Problems with interperâ€" sonal relationships and poor selfâ€"esteem can result in overeating and unwanted weight gain. Preventing ravenous hunger Before we look at the behavioural strategies of reducing the frequency of emotional eating, we should first deal with the physical component. If chronic dieting can exacerbate emotional eating then reducing hunger should dramatically improve our ability to cope with emotions in a manner other than eatâ€" Thus dieters must introâ€" duce regular eating patterns, such as eating three meals and two to three snacks per Although we can‘t always predict when we‘ll experiâ€" ence certain emotions, we can take measures to not be ravenously hungry when the emotions occur. The first step in the behavioural component of dealing with emotional eatâ€" ing involves identifying trigâ€" gers, or the series of events that lead to emotional eating. Once we recognize our triggers, the second step is to substitute more appropriate techniques to manage our emotional problems and take food and weight gain out of the equation. Continued on page 16