This trick will help you eat less fast food, a new study says
Bonus: It has many other advantages.
If you want to memorize almost everyDrive-thru The menu is displayed within walking distance of your home, a new study suggests that there is a way to break the habit - you know, without resorting to your keys to your car?
The researchers at the University of Ohio State recruited 212 women aged 18 to 39 who were overweight or obesity. All were low-income moms who reported many challenges such as financial difficulties, unstable romantic relationships and non-safe neighborhoods. (In touch:More Saddes restaurant closures in your state)
Publish their results in the newspaperNutrients, the researchers found thatTackling stress levels through support groups and teaching material made a significant difference in fat consumption, including fast food. The tactics that have been particularly useful informed women not to blame during stressful situations and sensitize stressors in their lives.
"It's not that these women did not want to eat healthier," the main author of the Mei-Wei Chang study, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Nursing at the University, in a statement Press. "If you do not know how to handle stress, so when you're so stressed, why do you care about what you eat?"
The women of the study that have reduced stress have also become more physically active and encouraged their children to participate in the preparation of healthier foods.
In addition to helping you avoid the Drive-Thru, stress reduction comes with a huge width of other advantages, according to Dietitian Michelle Routhenstein, Rd. Which includes a lower risk of cardiovascular events, including a heart attack and a cerebral stroke, as well asBest sleep, strongerimmune system response and better resilience.
"The ripple effect we see with stress management is really remarkable," she says. "All of these aspects of your health are also linked, improvements in an area will affect others."
For example, getting quality sleep has beenassociated to a more effective weight loss, which has been shown in turnImprove immunity. In other words, avoid rapid restoration is just one of many advantages in stress reduction.
"The best strategies are those that are long-term, durable and you feel healthy and energetic," says Routhenstein. Putting more stress resistance tactics in place can be eligible, she adds, especially since you start seeing the benefits of stacking.
For more, be sure to checkThe 9 worst foods to eat when you are stressed, according to experts.
