Appetite loss
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When experiencing stress related loss of appetite should you force yourself to eat or simply wait for the desire to return?
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Absolutely
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Very much agree with Peatful.
@AnxiousMess said in Appetite loss:
When experiencing stress related loss of appetite should you force yourself to eat or simply wait for the desire to return?
Also if you want to experiment with hastening the return of appetite in those situations, it might be as simple as sipping (and I do mean sipping) your way through a smol glass of plain water. While you do that you may as well take the time to sit quietly and do some breath work to calm down.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0085253815559875
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@AnxiousMess said in Appetite loss:
When experiencing stress related loss of appetite should you force yourself to eat or simply wait for the desire to return?
For me, it depends on the stress, i.e., if it’s the result of low blood sugar, and if the stress is acute or chronic. If the stress is not the result of hypoglycemia and is acute, I wait until the stress has passed before I consume anything or else it will upset my stomach and exacerbate my stress, but if it’s chronic, I consume frequently and in small portions easy to digest, stress reducing foods—for me that means a combination of simple sugars, saturated fat and salt so something like salted caramel ice cream or fruit juice with a chunk of raw goat cheese.