11/19/2025
Stress eating isn’t about food.
It’s your body trying to cope with something it doesn’t have the tools to handle.
When you’ve been running on cortisol all day…juggling work, kids, aging parents, a million expectations…your nervous system never gets a break.
By the time evening hits, your brain is desperate for relief.
So it reaches for the fastest “off switch” it knows:
- Sugar.
- Crunchy snacks.
- Comfort carbs.
Anything that brings your stress down for a moment.
That’s your biology trying to survive.
What stress eating really means is this:
- Your body doesn’t feel safe.
- Your cortisol rhythm is out of balance.
- And your brain is trying to self-soothe in the only way it can.
When you support your stress, your hormones and your blood sugar earlier in the day, the urgency around food finally calms down.
Evenings stop feeling like a battle.
And the pantry stops calling your name.
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