Cookie or clementine? Psychophysiological stress reactivity and recovery after eating healthy and unhealthy comfort foods

While the Mediterranean diet is widely known to benefit both physical and mental health, there is limited understanding of its impact on perceived stress and mental distress. Chowdhury et al. (2024) investigated the connection between mental health, perceived stress, and eating habits. The survey comprised demographic questions, the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K–6), the Perceived […]

This 2015 article summarizes what was said in the “Stress, Palatable Food and Reward” conference, a symposium in which four presentations were given by neuroscientists who mainly work with complex relationships among stress, food intake and emotion. Firstly, Dr Ulrich-Lai showcased her work on discovering the mechanisms by which the rewarding properties of sweet palatable […]