So called Comfort Food does not really provide comfort in the long run, and can be questioned as really being food explained Molly Carmel LCSW, founder of Beacon Program to Lon on June 23, 2016. Listen to Molly explain how Comfort Food in the long term often leads to guilt, shame, and demoralization, all very harmful in the long run. She further said that it can block a person from being their best self.