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Healthy choices are neither good or bad; only thinking makes them so

  • Written by Elliot Berkman, Associate Professor, Psychology, University of Oregon
imageHealthy choices are more complicated than a devil-angel contest suggests.Serggod/Shutterstock.com

Doing healthy things can feel like a battle between the angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other. The devil impels me to order the bacon burger for lunch, but the angel nudges my hand toward the salad.

This dichotomy goes way back in Western...

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