When her father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, registered dietitian and mbg Collective member Jess Cording, R.D., CDN, developed a taste for butter. “For some reason, one of the foods I really wanted to eat all the time was radishes cooked in butter,” she says on this episode of the mindbodygreen podcast. “It was the most random thing.” She adds that it’s a common physiological response to crave high-fat, high-energy foods when stressed (so her affinity for butter made perfect sense), and your body may physically crave certain nutrients when faced with emotional hardship.