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ROLE OF NUTRITION IN CONTROLLING EMOTIONS

. Dr. P. KUMARAVELU Associate Professor, Department of Physical Education, Tamilnadu Physical Education and Sports University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.


Abstract

Our emotions are brought into play by how we react to stress. Environmental stress, coming from outside of us (like severe heat or cold, extreme noise, toxins, pollutants and toxic relationships) can be a primary cause of emotional disorders like stress and emotional breakdown. Which is commonly observed in some sports people? The goal with environmental stress because we can't always control it is to prepare for it and learn to practice a positive response (conditioned response) instead of a non-thinking reaction (like smashing or throwing away things in hand). It is much better to think about what we can do before the stress happens. For instance we can make an agreement with a person that is disturbing us, or even leave that environment and be at peace Proper nutrition can help you think better thoughts because they influence your brain chemistry and hormone release. The hormones and neurotransmitters are meant to serve and protect us, but when left unchecked it can lead to emotional eating because of these hormones being constantly elevated. There are certain foods that can also trigger a habit of emotional eating. These foods hijack our normal hormone production and make eating a subconscious habit instead.

 

Keywords: Emotional, Neurotransmitters, hormones, emotional eating

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