Speed slimming with pretty succulents

Do sweet cookies or salty chips shout your name when your to-do list grows longer than the day? Instead of grabbing a stress snack, look at something green, like your favorite succulents, which prods the body to produce soothing brain waves in as little as five minutes, according to Hyla Cass, M.D., co-author of 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health. This tamps down tension, quashing the urge to give in to diet-sabotaging cravings.