What might stop you making healthy food choices?
Many people struggle with healthy eating because habits, emotions and everyday stress influence food decisions. Counselling Psychologist Aimee McCarthy explores the psychological triggers behind food choices and explains how understanding behaviour patterns can help people develop more sustainable eating habits.
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Transcript
We often make really bad decisions for ourselves not meaning to, some mental health conditions can mean we make bad choices. If you're feeling really, really stressed or really anxious, then you are more likely to go for the high sugar option because it's quick, it leaves us feeling good, whereas really the kind of choices we should be making are a piece of fruit or something that's a bit more nutritious, so that could be a reason why you might be making bad choices. Some of it might be very unconscious, you might not realise that you are making those decisions.
So some of it might be about us working together to think about, well, let's bring some awareness to that. How are you thinking about your food and why are you not prioritising it?
