Emotional Eating Explained

In Moderation · Aug 27, 2026 · 58m · transcript

I tried recreating my old McDonald’s order from my heaviest days and the number was wild: roughly 5,000 calories in what used to feel like a “normal” day of eating. But the most important part wasn’t the calorie math or the fast food breakdown. It was the reason I always bought two of everything: a real, irrational fear that I’d run out of food and the comfort would end. That’s emotional eating in plain English, and we pull the thread on how routines, familiarity, and anxiety can drive overeating more than taste ever does.

From there we pivot into nutrition misinformation and food marketing…