Comfort foods are foods we use to soothe our anxiety and depression.  They make us calm and increase endorphins.  For me, my comfort food is pizza or pepperoni rolls  Heck, I will take a good hot dog with chili.  I like salty and spicy foods.    Recently, I learned to eat my pizza with banana peppers instead of pepperoni.  If you can find a way to make it more healthy, you can eat them with a little moderation.  The problem is not the comfort food.  Instead, the problem is the volume of comfort food.