Stress affects a lot on what you eat.

Stress is not good for our health, but we can’t help being stressed due to this pandemic. Some can handle things differently than others.  “When experiencing stress, appetite can be affected in a few different ways,” explains Joi Britt, a clinical social worker, and therapist at DRK Beauty Healing. For coping with their stress some eat a lot, and some don’t eat. It is a bad thing because too much eating when stressed can cause overweight and other factors in your body. Also, not eating can make you thinner and affect your body's works. Culinary and integrative dietitian Marisa Moore, MBA, RDN, LD, says that appetite loss can be “your body’s fight-or-flight response to acute stress and anxiety,” and that long term, some people might turn to food as a source of stress relief. Having this COVID 19 almost everyone is dealing with stress but not all of us can carry the same burden and it is scary. Here are the tips that may help all of us to deal with stress from Britt and Moore.

Set a schedule.

If you have a hard time eating set an alarm so your body will now when will eat. You don’t need to force yourself to eat a lot start on what you can until you bring back your appetite. Drink a lot of water.

Embrace therapy

I know most of us scared but asking for professional help can make it easier. It is like talking to a stranger that won’t judge you but help you.

Focus on Easy to digest food

Eating healthy is a good way to do. It balances everything and will help your body function well. You can start little by little until you can

Make eating fun

I have tried eating alone and it just makes me stress more because I have no one to talk to. When your eating has a family around so you can talk a lot of things and you would no imagine the food is finished already.

Practice Gratitude

Being positive can help us have peace of mind in this way practice these things can lessen our stress and be grateful.

I hope these simple ways can help us to not be stress or lessen it. I know it is hard but doing it little by little can ease it.  ‌‌