Why is Food so Comforting?

 There are times when we long to eat particular foods. Sometimes, you just feel you want to eat fish and chips. Then another time, maybe brown Windsor soup. There are times when we just long to do so without us knowing the exact specific reason. There are also times when we do so because we just had a bad day or we feel sick. Whatever the reason, they fall into comforting ourselves. The foods we eat during these times are called comfort foods.

Comfort foods are not only being craved for when we feel depressed. There are times when we look for them even though we are not feeling low, stressed, tired or had a bad experience. This is because, our bodies can also be depressed by itself even without the mind or heart starting the feeling. The body naturally misses the food themselves.

Cravings and Comfort

Of course, first, comfort foods are so comforting because they remedy the cravings we have for them. Most of the time, we resort to eating comfort foods because a sad or ugly experience just happened to us and we want to do something that will entertain us and satisfy us. Eating is one activity which can fail us the least with this purpose.

Company

As mentioned, eating is an activity that can help us remedy any stress or depression that we experience. With it, we already have an instant friend to accompany us. That is the food itself. Further, you can choose the “friend” that will keep you company. The ones you choose are the comfort foods. Comfort foods are one best companion during low times.

Memories

When talking about comfort foods, memories are the first that come to mind. During discussions about this topic, our favourite foods during our childhood or later but already in the past are the ones that we can think of first. We talk about how our parents, grandparents, elder siblings, relatives or guardians would prepare the foods and serve them to us. These are also one of the foods that we turn to during bad or sad times. Why? Because they comfort us. They comfort us because they bring to mind better days and happy memories. Because of this, they help remedy the current misery we are in.

Energising

And of course, eating is not only an activity or a social one. It is a nourishing deed, in the first place. Food gives us energy. All the more our favourite comfort foods. Any or plain food gives us calories and carbohydrates to energise us. Much more for our pet foods; they taste very good to us. Food has substance and form. The weight of the food gives us nutrition and makes us full. Further, its taste gives us another level of being satisfied. The better the food tastes, the better we are filled.