You are working long hours, your "to-do-list" at home keeps piling up, and you've spent your savings on Christmas gifts. With all of this stress in your life are you sacrificing your figure and potentially your health? The rumors may be true. The added stress in your life may actually be setting the stage for potential weight gain....
Researchers at THE Ohio State University College of Medicine sought ought to investigate this concept of stress induced fluctuations in how your body reacts. In particular the researchers were interested in the effect that stress may have on your metabolic rate, specifically after ingesting a high fat meal which may be common practice for people who feast on comfort foods following a stressful day. The researchers found that daily stressors may reduce your energy expenditure post-meal by about 103 calories. They also found a reduction in fat oxidation following a high-fat meal essentially meaning that stress may reduce your ability to burn fat as a fuel. Long term, both of these stress-induced outcomes may lead to weight gain.
Moral of the story, don't stress yourself out too much! It may be making you fat!
Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., Habash, D. L., Fagundes, C. P., Andridge, R., Peng, J., Malarkey, W. B., & Belury, M. A. (2014). Daily stressors, past depression, and metabolic responses to high-fat meals: A novel path to obesity. Biological psychiatry.
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