Researchers asked women about things that had recently stressed them out. The women were then given a fat in calorie packed meal of eggs, turkey sausage and biscuits in gravy. The researchers then measure the women's metabolism, blood sugar, cholesterol, insulin and stress hormones. Turns out that most stressed women had higher levels of insulin, which slows down metabolism and causes the body to store fat, and that fat, if not burned off, accumulates in the body. The women who had reported feeling stressed or depressed in the day before eating the meal, burned a hundred and four fewer calories during the seven days following the meal than women who felt more mellow. The study is in the journal Biological Psychiatry.

 

If eating high calorie comfort foods will alleviate stress becomes a big tool, the result could be in average weight gain of eleven pounds per year, which bring us own stress-less spending money on new clothes.