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Tag: stress eating

Excess weight is caused by GAS

Post author By Dr. Dave DeLapp
Post date September 4, 2016

I know the title statement sounds silly, but I am being tricky. GAS stands for General Adaptation Syndrome – part of the theory of stress proposed by Hans Selye many years ago. This newsletter is going to be a synthesis of my knowledge and experience to date regarding weight gain/obesity, so I may make connections […]

Tags food cravings, General Adaptation Syndrome, Hans Selye, Inflammation, metabolism, stress eating, worry

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Food Swap

Post author By Dr. Dave DeLapp
Post date March 27, 2016

Food meets a lot of needs. Our thinking brain tells us that we need food for nutrition – to give us energy and the building blocks to build and repair tissues. While this is completely true, it has very little to do with why most people eat food. If it did we would only eat […]

Tags change, connection, eating habits, emotional eating, emotions, healthy eating, ritual, stress, stress eating, sugar