Dec 26, 2022
This is all so true. And there is research that shows that food choices also affect our emotional lives. So a person who is traumatized develops a junk food addiction. Then their poor food choices further affect their emotions and behavior (I saw this when I taught teenagers who had emotional outbursts in class and who could be seen bingeing on sugary treats in the halls). It all leads to a doom cycle that affects academic performance, relationships, and life success.