Holiday Survival Guide
Ah, the holidays. Festive, fun, and fraught with tension and dietary dangers. We've got everything you need to find the joy, from the best healthy gifts to smart ways to avoid packing on the pounds.
25 Ways to Really Relax This Season
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Hike your mood with sunlight
It stimulates the production of feel-good serotonin and also helps relieve seasonal affective disorder (SAD), which impacts millions of Americans every year, says Judith Orloff, MD, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles.
To ease SAD symptoms, spend time outdoors or near a window on sunny days, or ask your doc about phototherapy (a treatment using a box that emits full-spectrum light).
Next: Take a whiff of citrus
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