Celebrity Comfort Food: What Kim Kardashian, Tom Brady, Adele, And Other Celebrities Eat When They're Feeling Low

Ever found yourself spoon deep in a pint of ice cream wondering why it is your favorite frozen dairy concoction makes you feel better? Well, it probably isn't all in your head.

Researchers led by Lukas Van Oudenhove, MD, PhD, at the University of Leuven in Belgium, used an MRI to see how people's brains light up when given an injection of fatty acids. As it turns out, fatty acids made participants actually feel happier.

If that explanation doesn't satisfy you, then maybe it's just good old-fashioned nostalgia that is to blame for why we reach for the greasy bag of chips or French fries when life gets us down.

During the crazy trials of life we need to treat ourselves, and nobody knows this better than your favorite celebrities. Check out this list The Daily Meal compiled of the guilty food pleasures and must-have meals from the stars you love. We promise that you'll be feeling a whole lot better, when your tummy is full — courtesy of these celebrities.

Adele sings like an angel. Her new hit song, "Hello" has taken the world by storm. We don't just love her for her music, though. We love her because she's relatable, too. Whether it's in her song lyrics or how she lives her life — we know she just gets us. The singer-songwriter has admitted to loving lasagna and wraps.

Chocolate. When she is singing, "You want a piece of me?," I think what she really just wants is a piece of is chocolate — and anything chocolate for that matter. Don't we all love chocolate when we're feeling down? Britney just gets it!

Isn't Chrissy Teigen everyone's spirit animal? She's a girl after our own hearts because she's always cooking and eating. In fact, she just came out with her own cookbook! She enjoys making and eating everything from macaroni and cheese to pork rolls. She also loves tomato basil soup.  

She loves eating nachos! Tortilla chips are her vice. In an interview with SELF Magazine, She once explained, "I fry the chips myself. Just take a tortilla, cut it into triangles, and throw 'em in coconut oil."

The Oscar award-winning actress is known for being a cool girl — she also loves eating Cool Ranch Doritos. I'm sure they bring her as much joy as you will get by watching her star in her new film Joy, which in theaters now.

Spaghetti Bolognese is his favorite meal! Indulging in this delicious pasta is nothing to have to say or sing "Sorry" about!

Kim Kardashian has admitted to the fact that sugary foods and ice cream are her guilty pleasures. It makes sense since her picture is plastered all over the Sugar Factory in NYC's Meatpacking District and people who know her say she is a sweetheart! One of her favorite guilty pleasures is bishi, which is the Armenian zeppole. She also confessed her favorite junk food is Krispy Kreme doughnuts, the glazed treat that everybody loves to indulge in. The reality starlet also loves cheese, chili cheese fries, pasta, Chinese chicken salad and artichokes. 

Lea Michele, former star of Glee, gets a lot of glee from eating New York-style pizza! You know what they say, "Girls are like pizza, they're better from New York." You just can't beat New York pizza!

Pizza is this singer's favorite food of all time. She has stated she's not really allowed to eat it, though, so she should definitely check out some healthy pizza options.

From time to time, this supermodel loves to indulge on fried chicken! Although she regularly eats fruits and vegetables, she once explained, "There are times when you want that piece of fried chicken. That's my big weakness, and there's nothing wrong with that."

This actress is all about working out, but she has a guilty food pleasure: Buffalo wings. She once exclaimed, "I am addicted to them!" Who doesn't love to splurge on wings from time to time? There are so many different ways to eat them thanks to a great selection of dipping sauces to pair with them.