Good Christmas Eve morning..First and foremost I want to wish every one of you an incredibly safe journey if you are traveling. For those of you staying around town, I hope the night brings you great warmth and happiness. I have been writing the chapter in our upcoming book about serotonin and its effect on eating behaviors and then I heard a story yesterday clearly points out the rle of neurotransmitter imbalance on eating behaviors.
Yesterday I had a very prominent attorney tell me that when she feels under stress at times, she will indulge by eating an entire key lime pie. She was not talking about a piece of it....we are talking the entire pie. She actually explained that she does separate out and discards the whipped cream, but the tart part and crust is then consumed.
This attorney has a very stressful position and especially for females, the brain chemical serotonin becomes depleted during times of stress. The brain manufactures serotonin from the building block amino acid tryptophan. This amino acid is found in large amounts in carbohydrates and sweet food sources. When the brain becomes deplete of serotonin, the person is compelled biochemically to seek the food sources that have the building block. Unfortunately that amino acid is found in high-caloric foods.
I had three answers for my very stressed out attorney: 1- Recognize the behavior sequence and do not allow herself to be in the position of having the availability of that key lime pie..i.e. do not have it in the house and do not go to a restaurant that offers this 2- Take the serotonin supplement three times a day 3- Go back to school and become a dermatologist!!! (no weekends, nights, emergencies, etc!)
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I just want to know if you can
re-gift baked goods!I know my neighbors like to bake and are thankful for my husband having the ONLY snow blower on the street during the last storm....but PLEASE...NO MORE..(baked goods that is) we can handle the snow!
Happy Holidays everyone...
She definitely needs to reduce the stress, and change her response to it! For most people, the stress isn't going away - a lot of people don't even know they are stressed. At least, she is aware of it, and has identified her pattern.
Stress at high profile job is unavoidable!I am sure dermatologist has his/her own headache..!
Being aware of one's response to stress at work place itself is a good sign for it helps us react to it in a healthy way during our next encounter!
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