‘Emotional Eating‘ can be caused by anything from work stress and financial worries to relationship difficulties. The problem is that we can all fall into the habit of overeating or emotional eating, using food to meet our psychological needs and not just to satisfy our hunger. This can take the form of consuming unhealthy, high-calorie processed foods, or bingeing on high-sugar/high-fat ‘junk’ snacks that we know are ‘bad’ for us. This can be followed by ‘crash’ dieting or restrictive eating to punish ourselves.
My passion for natural, safer alternatives has also been fuelled by the fact that my mum died of cancer when she was very young, something that could well be attributed to the prevalence of potentially harmful ingredients commonly used in hair products and skincare, food additives and chemicals found in the environment.
