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2023

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e have positive association with the person who made that food, then there’s a good chance that you will be drawn to that food during times of rejection or isolation,” said researcher Shira Gabriel. “It can be understood as straight-up classical conditioning.”</p><figure id="8cce"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*LqiA2r3DADwNksowxz30-g.jpeg"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://depositphotos.com/portfolio-3122905.html?content=photo">Ivanko1980</a> on <a href="https://depositphotos.com/200344990/stock-photo-lovely-couple-eating-yummy-pizza.html">DepositPhotos</a></figcaption></figure><p id="a375">Although you may automatically equate comfort foods with things like macaroni and cheese or <a href="https://readmedium.com/quotes-for-national-ice-cream-day-f5768e3c2395">ice cream</a>, the fact is that what is considered comfort food is highly individual — and for some, this may mean healthier choices are on their solace menu.</p><p id="308a">“In a previous study, we gave all of the participants chicken noodle soup,” Gabriel said. “But only those who had a social connection to that soup identified it as a comfort food and felt socially accepted after eating it.”</p><p id="cde1" type="7">“There’s a good chance that you will be drawn to that food during times of rejection or isolation.”</p><p id="7778">But just because the food your partner or parent introduced you to makes you feel comfort doesn’t mean there are no negative consequences for indulging in it, Gabriel warns.</p><p id="04d2">“Although comfort food will never break your <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-sex-context-shots-to-the-heart-stock-photo-flash-fiction-519e8cdcd01b">heart</a>, it might destroy your diet,” she said.</p><p id="04a0"><b><i>More from Kiki Wellington:</i></b></p><div id="1348" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/whats-cooking-if-you-re-looking-for-a-relationship-love-may-be-found-in-the-kitchen-e439070ab25f"> <div> <div>

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    </div><p id="bd2c"><b>Source:</b></p><p id="56cc"><i>Love the cook, love the food: Attraction to comfort food linked to positive social connections</i>. University at Buffalo. <a href="https://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2015/03/052.html">https://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2015/03/052.html</a></p></article></body>

Quickie: Why Comfort Food Serves Up Love on the Plate

Food and love really are connected

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Your partner introduces you to their favorite dish. It immediately becomes yours and also brings you a sense of comfort every time you eat it — whether you’re having it with your partner or not.

But why did you connect to the food as quickly as you did, and would you have liked it as much if someone else prepared it?

Research from Appetite suggests that the positive feelings you have about a specific food are directly connected to the quality of the relationship you have with the person who first prepared it for you.

“Comfort food will never break your heart….”

Generally, these ties to food can be traced back to childhood and the relationships people have with their parents.

“Comfort foods are often the foods that our caregivers gave us when we were children. As long as we have positive association with the person who made that food, then there’s a good chance that you will be drawn to that food during times of rejection or isolation,” said researcher Shira Gabriel. “It can be understood as straight-up classical conditioning.”

Photo by Ivanko1980 on DepositPhotos

Although you may automatically equate comfort foods with things like macaroni and cheese or ice cream, the fact is that what is considered comfort food is highly individual — and for some, this may mean healthier choices are on their solace menu.

“In a previous study, we gave all of the participants chicken noodle soup,” Gabriel said. “But only those who had a social connection to that soup identified it as a comfort food and felt socially accepted after eating it.”

“There’s a good chance that you will be drawn to that food during times of rejection or isolation.”

But just because the food your partner or parent introduced you to makes you feel comfort doesn’t mean there are no negative consequences for indulging in it, Gabriel warns.

“Although comfort food will never break your heart, it might destroy your diet,” she said.

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Source:

Love the cook, love the food: Attraction to comfort food linked to positive social connections. University at Buffalo. https://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2015/03/052.html

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