burn those 1000 calories by performing 20000 stepsnot applicable for all individuals just considering an exampleby doing this chances are your brain might not crave for that thing for a long period of time as trying to curb your cravings all the time might lead to certain eating disorders like binge eating disorder because of the human reactance theoryhealthy alternatives to regular stressbusting foodshealthy alternative to stress busting food can be anything rich in micronutrients as many a times this happens due to several micronutrient deficiencies which our body starts to crave for weird food itemsso if you crave for something sweet go grab a fruit as fruits are high volume foods that are not very calorie dense and are sweet as well as nutritious at the same timegreen vegetable like spirulina parsley spinach mint leaves moringa etc are a powerhouse of helping in stress management as said in an april 2018 study in frontiers in psychology as a rich source of magnesium leafy greens can help regulate cortisol and blood pressure levels plus green leafy veggies contain folate which plays a key role in the production of the feelgood chemical dopamine even after knowing this we all still run away from eating the greenies in our meals for example you crave for a packet of your favourite spicy wafers or you crave for spicy fries if you atomise in your brain youll find out that you actually crave for the flavour and not the wafersfriesonce you find that out you may create the same thing with lesser caloric dense contents such as oil and adding the same flavour and spice into it and have best of both the worlds of taste and nutritionresponses by ekansh taneja sports nutritionist plix