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Why Do You Eat without Hunger? the Connection Between Anxiety and Constant Feeding

Have you been surprised by eating without having real hunger? It may not be your stomach that speaks, but your anxiety. This phenomenon is known as emotional hunger, and it happens when we use food as a way to relieve stress or internal discomfort. Anxiety activates the nervous system and leads us to seek immediate rewards. Food, especially ultraprocessed, releases dopamine, which generates a sense of temporary relief. The key is to recognize if…
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Have you been surprised by eating without having real hunger? It may not be your stomach that speaks, but your anxiety. This phenomenon is known as emotional hunger, and it happens when we use food as a way to relieve stress or internal discomfort. Anxiety activates the nervous system and leads us to seek immediate rewards. Food, especially ultraprocessed, releases dopamine, which generates a sense of temporary relief. The key is to recognize if…

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aztecamorelos.com broke the news in on Sunday, July 27, 2025.
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