Weight Loss and Stress Eating

The reason you reach for food when you’re not hungry is that your body is trying to calm a threat that has nothing to do with an empty stomach, and most diets fail because they address hunger while ignoring the stress signal underneath. Naomi Everhart’s insightful book explores the biological loop connecting chronic stress, elevated cortisol, and the eating patterns that sabotage weight loss efforts.

When stress becomes chronic, food stops being fuel and becomes a coping mechanism you…