This was undoubtedly the most brutal election I have ever witnessed. It unleashed a tsunami of strong, outraged emotions on both sides.Even if your candidate won, the wounds of division may still be smarting. Victory doesn't necessarily erase smoldering emotions.For the losing side, stress, grief, anger and fear are rampant.This election stirred up a cortisol frenzy of raging stress hormones -- on both sides. Many are feeling burnout and exhaustion in the wake of it all. When cortisol gets imbalanced, it can stay that way for long periods. This can...

Vitamin P – Pleasure – is a vital element that makes our meals nutritionally complete and makes life worth living. Losing weight by limiting pleasure is like trying to stop smoking by not breathing. “When you’re turned on by food, you turn up metabolism… pleasure, metabolism, and a naturally controlled appetite are interwoven to the core,” says Mark David, founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating. I so agree. Successful New Weight Loss Strategies Prove Pleasure is Good! Deprivation. Calorie counting. Punishing self-control. Going for the burn. It's...