5 Ways to Shut Down Emotional Eating  PHOTO: Emotions can affect
how people taste food according to new research. Getty Images
After a bad day, do you seek solace in ice cream, cheesecake, or
whipped cream straight from the can? You may keep eating fatty
foods when you're feeling down because you're less likely to
taste the fat in food, according to new research from the
University of Wurzburg in Germany.  In the study, scientists
asked a group of volunteers to sample a variety of creamy drinks
that contained different amounts of fat. Before tasting the
treats, the study subjects were shown three different videos.
The first depicted a happy scene, the second sad, and the third
neutral. The humdrum video had no influence on the volunteers'
taste buds, but after watching the two emotional clips, the
participants were less able to tell the drinks apart. The
lesson: emotions impact our sensory perceptions of food. And
eating anything—when what you really need has nothing to do with
food—is a pattern that if brok