laughedatbytime Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 PROVIDENCE, RI—Shedding new light on the biological underpinnings behind the behavior, scientists at Brown University announced Tuesday that eating appears to serve a number of key functions besides relieving anxiety. “While a considerable portion of food is indeed ingested in order to distract an individual from feelings of panic and insecurity, our research shows that eating actually confers several benefits beyond temporarily holding despair at bay,” said Dr. Sandra Lutkin, who explained that consuming food has been found to provide vital nutrients to the human body and in many cases replenish it with energy, suggesting that its primary purpose may not be as a coping mechanism at all. “In fact, we observed dozens of subjects and discovered that only a portion of the items they ingested were intended to assuage their apprehension about their job, relationship, or body image. However, much more research must be conducted to learn more about these little-known, non-stress-relieving purposes of eating.” Although she cautioned the findings were tentative, Lutkin posited that there might be additional methods of eating besides frantically devouring a meal directly over a trash can or sink. http://www.theonion.com/articles/scientists-discover-eating-serves-function-other-t,38230/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=LinkPreview:Week1:Default 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 :laughing guy: :laughing guy: :laughing guy: But...obesity is a disease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 A preemptive move of this thread to SOCN may be in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 I thought it was fairly topical and could start some interesting discussion, but apparently you and I, goose, are the only ones who seemed to care. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I thought it was fairly topical and could start some interesting discussion, but apparently you and I, goose, are the only ones who seemed to care.Maybe it hits close to home for people. Move it to SOCN and it will get some action. (anxiety waning...) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 I thought it was fairly topical and could start some interesting discussion, but apparently you and I, goose, are the only ones who seemed to care.Maybe it hits close to home for people. Move it to SOCN and it will get some action. (anxiety waning...)I thought only the mods can do that. Hey, here's one now. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That One Guy Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I thought it was fairly topical and could start some interesting discussion, but apparently you and I, goose, are the only ones who seemed to care.Maybe it hits close to home for people. Move it to SOCN and it will get some action. (anxiety waning...)I thought only the mods can do that. Hey, here's one now. :) Trivial news gets much more attention in SOCN. Some members even post non-news and get twenty page threads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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