There’s a moment in the third season of The West Wing where President Jed Bartlet declares that stress is something that happens to other people. Sadly, many of us are holding ourselves to the same harsh standard with devastating consequences for our health.

Stress is a natural physical reaction and it’s useful - the problem is that in modern life we don’t give our bodies time to recuperate. Instead we subject it to yet more stress and the cumulative effect can lead to health problems such as high blood …

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I’ve stood up in here and proclaimed my love of lists, and the healthy joy of being slightly control-freaky. But it’s all going wrong. We’ve gone all judgemental.

It’s a fact that keeping a food diary (a hastily-jotted list) can help you lose weight. But there’s a better reason for anyone to do it. If you want to really enjoy your food, a food diary points to where your palate might be getting tired. List what you eat, scan back over a week’s worth, …

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