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Women's Choice In Comfort Foods Can Be Unhealthy For Heart
By Ng Peng Hock

Women's Choice In Comfort Foods Can Be Unhealthy For Heart
By Ng Peng Hock
It is believed that our diet will partly determine how high the risk of getting heart disease. Under normal circumstances, people who are told to adopt a healthy diet will probably adhere to this advice, especially those who have already had or are on the verge of getting into problems. But, when they are in negative emotions, they will tend to change their choices.

An interesting research, conducted by Cornell University researchers in 2005, showed that there is gender difference between men and women in what trigger them to turn to and what they choose as their comfort foods. The study was conducted with researchers from McGill University in Canada and was drawn from a web-based survey of 277 participants, of which 81 were males.

Women are slightly more prone to pick comfort foods high in fat and sugar like cakes and ice cream when they feel guilty, lonely, and depressed. Men, on the other hand, are more likely to turn to soups, pasta, and steak as a reward when they are feeling upbeat.

That is significant because those who associate comfort foods with positive emotions are more likely to pick healthier foods. According to one of the researchers, comfort foods need not be those high in sugar and fat. Comfort food can be healthy. It is possible to re-educate people so that comfort foods need not be always associated with negative emotions.

The study also found that foods high in sugar and fat content are more efficient in alleviating negative feelings. This finding is in fact supported by numerous past studies, including one by researchers at the University of California in San Francisco that found that rats tended to consume fat-packed foods when confronted with high-stress situations.

Not everyone uses comfort foods to reduce stress. The Cornell’s study also found that comfort foods low in calories, such as soups, vegetables, were more prone to associate with positive emotions. Women were 50 percent more likely than men to admit feeling guilty about indulging in comfort foods. At the same time, 40 percent of female respondents picked high-calorie

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