An alarming study revealed that holiday-related stress results in hedonistic behavior such as eating and drinking, particularly in women.
This mounting public health crisis of “comfort eating” during the holidays must be stopped. For centuries, the public assumed that they were eating cookies and drinking eggnog because they were celebrating a holiday. It turns out we’re coping with stress by enjoying life. How pathologically unhealthy of us!
Experts recommend that instead of celebrating the holidays normally by relaxing with family and friends over good food, women should opt for a strict regimen of self-depravation by “saying no to that serving of delicious roast beef, lasagna, chocolate or chilled glass of white wine.” Because nothing de-stresses a woman like nibbling on a carrot stick while everyone else noshes on chocolate.
