Why do some people binge eat when they are stressed out?

Q. my roommate keeps eating boxes of cereals and bread. why would she do that? if i were mad about something i would rather either tell the person that i am mad at that he/she did something wrong, or i just punch my pillow or throw something. i would never want to put myself through binge eating. why do some people choose to binge-eat?

A. It's their own way of keeping their time running. Especially if they really love food.

How does binge eating hurt my body?
Q. Aside from weight gain, what other physiological disadvantages are there to binge eating? Perhaps knowledge of these will deter me from binge eating.

I can imagine that it's not so good for the heart, metabolism, etc.

Thanks very much

A. Binge eating can throw your entire metabolism out of whack with as few as one or two episodes.

Human metabolism isn't based on the quality of the food we digest, but the quantity; how MUCH we eat. Binge eating any kind of food will send a rush of comestibles for your body to process and break down into nutrition. Your metabolism will change AFTER changing your eating habits.

If you, for example, were eating a normal diet and then consumed a large amount of food, your metabolism would attempt to compensate by speeding up, expecting that your next meal will be as large. If it isn't, the new metabolic potential you've taught yourself is basically wasted and you feel hungry the next day, and it will all slow back down if you don't binge again within a few days.

The best answer to counteracting that sort of thing is to watch what you eat if you can't control the binging. Large amounts of nuts, fruit, or other healthy foods will speed up your metabolism as quickly as any other food. Foods rich in capsaicin, like jalapeños or hot sauce (capsaicin is what makes things spicy) are currently being researched as possible substances to quickening metabolism by themselves.

Heart problems, again, are dependent on what you eat. If you're binging McDonalds, your heart is going to suffer, but if you binge with healthy foods as I mentioned above, your heart may actually benefit from an increase in present nutrition if your diet isn't normally comprised of so many healthy foods.

Exercise too, of course, increases metabolic rate significantly; exercise expands the actin and myosin fibers in your muscles, which means that your caloric burn for the day will increase, even if you don't participate in strenuous activity.

I hope this helped. Good luck!

What aspects cause binge eating or anorexia, bulemia?
Q. I know two people who binge eat only and have problems maintaining their weight. They both have virgo rising and venus conjunct pluto. One stopped the cycle by becoming annorexic but stopped being annorexic once they lost the extra weight. When they get around the other person they relaspe binge eat.

A. I would say : look at the moon.or 4h house.

feelings

venus : self image, beauty attractiveness etc.

pluto : subconscious. buried stuff.

virgo bit is about perfection and being hard on oneself. Critical.


I amnot really sure because I do not think one size fits all.

I know some who will go with nothing for 2 weeks but just a bar of chocolate a day.A lot happen to be Russian and have lots of discipline.

Others have a lot of love/hate with food. self esteem problems andall you can find under the sun with Freud and company.

Throw in body dismorphia, and let's go to childhood and lets startthe merry go round.




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