Developing the skills needed to cope with stress offers a great support to your ability to make healthy food choices and manage your weight. Most of us eat more than we need and exercise less when we are under stress. My clients are much more successful in making smart food choices when they are learning healthy ways to cope with stress !!
"Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress.
Participant-reported reductions in stress also were correlated with decreased grey-matter density in the amygdala, which is known to play an important role in anxiety and stress."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110121144007.htm
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