Choose sparingly foods that provide few nutrients and are high in fat, salt, and sugar. Busy schedules can send stress levels soaring. When tensions get worse in one aspect of life, it is not unusual for other areas to seem worse too. When life gets busy, it is easy to forget about a balanced diet by skipping meals or eating anything while on the run. Yet when your body does not get the balance of nutrients it needs, you may end up trying to do more with less energy.
Stress can also increase a yearning for extra snacks and high-fat comfort foods.
Snacks can be an important part of good eating, so do not force yourself to starve if you are hungry. But snacking when you are not really hungry does not give you more energy. When people are worn out from the stress of trying to do too much, they often turn to sugar, caffeine, or vitamins to increase energy levels and help them function. There is no evidence, however, that emotional stress increases our vitamin needs. If you focus on simple ways to get balanced nutrition, you will get all of the vitamins and other nutrients you need.