The Science Of Comfort Food: How To Eat For Joy Without The Crash
With more of us focused on performance and nutritional gains from what we eat, here...
Written by: Pippa Thackeray
Written on: May 11, 2025
Pippa is a content writer and qualified Nutritional Therapist (DipNT) creating research-based content with a passion for many areas of wellbeing, including hormonal health, mental health and digestive health.
As a contributor to The Healf Source, she regularly attends seminars and programmes on a plethora of contemporary health issues and modern research insights with a drive to never stop learning. In addition, interviewing experts and specialists across The Four Pillars: EAT, MOVE, MIND, SLEEP.
In her spare time, she is an avid swimmer, mindfulness and yoga lover, occasionally bringing a raw, honest approach to the topics she faces. You may also discover some personal accounts of eye-opening wellbeing experiences amidst the reality of a disorientating, and often conflicting, modern wellbeing space.
- 1. Not all comfort food can be tarred with the same brush
- 2. Why comfort food can fall down
- 3. Where do the cravings comes from?
- 4. What counts as comforting food?
- 5. Why comfort food exists and what needs to change
- 6. How to eat well and still feel good
- 7. Kitchen swaps
- 8. Focus on function
- 9. Final thoughts
