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Steve Ilardi / Candy Crash

Binging on holiday confectionery could kickstart an emotional low. A new study on the relationship between sugar and depression may have you re-think the wisdom of polishing off ALL of grandma’s cranberry cheesecake pie.

Click above to listen to part 4 of Handling the Holidays, featuring Steve Ilardi, clinical psychology associate professor at the University of Kansas.

Handling the Holidays:
Part 1: Adam South / The Season for Giving
Part 2: Mitch Ratcliffe / A Bad Wrap
Part 3: Julie Norem / Positively Pessimistic
Part 4: Steve Ilardi / Candy Crash
Part 5: Elizabeth Margulis / Tis the Earworm

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