These So-Called Vices Are Good for Your Health

Simple pleasures can go a long way to increasing well-being

Illustration: Johanna Walderdorff

If your doctor told you to stop taking your medication and not come back for a checkup so soon, you’d be confused. If she followed up by telling you that it’s okay to eat some chocolate and fatty foods, enjoy a glass of beer or wine, or have lots of coffee, you might reconsider her…