That bag of potato chips can sometimes seem to be the easiest way to get out of a stressful situation and a good option to fight boredom! Stress eating or emotional eating is a situation where someone eats to feel good and pleasant, to cope up with trauma, to relieve stress, to fill in for boredom, rather than to satisfy hunger. The food that emotional eaters choose are usually high-fat, high in sodium and sugar, of course calorie dense, and bundled with ingredients that are extremely unhealthy for the human body. We all know stress can hugely impact appetite – for some it shuts off the hunger switch while for a majority out there, the stress hormone cortisol can trigger cravings for salty, sugary, and fatty food. The problem is that it’s really difficult to have a “zero stress day” and when we depend on food to help deal with stressors, it’s quite easy to overeat and indulge in binge eating. Also not to forget, food companies try to cash in on this factor and bring out stuff that’s “hyperpalatable” that stimulate the reward center of brain, triggering the release of ?feel-good chemicals? such as dopamine that can keep people in a constant state of craving, creating a sort of addiction for such food. Research says that even “thinking” about food can get the brain to release dopamine and endorphins (the feel-good chemicals) so that you want to have more of such food, to actually ?feel good.? Potato chips, ice cream,...