EATER’S REMORSE...

By Judith J. Wurtman Ph.D. on June 04, 2019 in The Antidepressant Diet

Samples at the store, the candy dish ubiquitous, that leftover cake from the office party...These mindless calories add up.


If we had a miniature camera mounted on our wrist or forehead that recorded every time we put food in our mouths, we probably would be shocked at the number of times we eat each day.


To be sure, meal eating is usually remembered even if we can’t recall what we had for breakfast or lunch yesterday, or what vegetable, if any, we ate with dinner. But when we nibble food we had no intention of eating (but ate anyway simply because it was there), we rarely remember doing so.

A few weeks ago, I was sitting with a group of women at a luncheon listening to a panel discussion. At the beginning of the discussion, a platter of bakery cookies on the table was untouched by my largely weight-conscious table companions.


But as time and boredom increased, one by one, the women reached for and ate the cookies. When the speeches were over, the cookies were gone, and probably the memory of eating them gone as well.


https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-antidepressant-diet/201906/opportunistic-eating-and-eater-s-remorse

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