“Cues to foods that are high sugar, fat and salt create emotional tension….. Eating becomes a strategy for easing the stimulus-induced tension. This becomes habit.” David Kessler, MD
Author of ‘Your Food is Fooling You: How Your Brain is Hijacked by Sugar, Fat and Salt” and ex-FDA Commissioner, David Kessler suggests that we all take a moment to consider the emotional effects of eating junk food, as well as the physical.