Break The Vicious Stress-Eating Cycle |
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May 17, 2007
by Debbie Wilson
Healthcare Programs Columnist
Everyone knows that stress can bring on the munchies, but did you know that too much stress could cause biological changes in your hormone levels that trigger the accumulation of body fat? Although this is alarming, many nutritional and dietary experts believe that you can beat biology with nutrition.
How Nutritionists Can Help
While most nutritionists can't get rid of those constant nuisances that set you on edge (traffic jams, sitting on hold, needy bosses and co-workers, family stressors, and medical worries), they can help you learn how to deal with them more effectively and how to make better nutrition choices. However, you need to understand the science behind stress before you can shrug it off and those pesky pounds that come with it.
Nutritional Science Behind Stress
Your body's stress-response mechanisms are complex. A stressful event triggers an alarm that sends your body into fight-or-flight mode. The body seeks fat for energy and releases hormones such as cortisol that trigger food cravings, increased glucose levels, and encourages the body to store fat as unwanted pounds.
Nutritionist Career
Becoming a nutritionist allows you to not only help individuals caught in the vicious stress weight gain cycle, but it can also offer you a rewarding, challenging, and fulfilling career. Nutritionist jobs can be found in schools, hospitals, home health, health clubs, sports venues, retirement facilities, and many other places.
Once you find that special nutritional niche, you can help people enjoy healthier and more active lifestyles. Whether you offer nutritional advice on morning madness, midafternoon angst, pre-dinner duress, or betime tension, you'll be happy to know you've made a positive difference in a long list of health problems, including insomnia, high blood pressure, depression, obesity, and coronary heart disease.
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About the Author
Debbie Wilson's previous experience includes profitability consulting for a national healthcare company. Debbie holds a bachelor's degree in business management with a minor in physical education.
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