Healthiest Guilty Pleasures: 10 'Vices' That are Good for You

By Steve G. Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Permission granted: You can officially stop feeling guilty about those little "bad-for-you" habits you can't seem to break. Turns out, many of life's greatest indulgences bring big health benefits -- helping you stay slim, fight off the blues, and kick disease to the curb.

1. Getting your zzz's
2. Playing hooky
3. Having Sex
4. A daily dark chocolate fix
5. Girls' nights out
6. Eating some full-fat foods
7. Your morning java
8. Getting a rubdown
9. Basking in the sun
10. Wine with dinner

(READ all the medical details at CNN.com)

RELATED STORIES:

- Why Beer is the Latest Hope in Fight Against Cancer
- The Amazing Benefits Of Sleep
- Agent in Red Wine Found to Keep Hearts Young
- Ounce of Coffee Worth a Pound of Cure?
- New Evidence that Dark Chocolate Helps Ease Emotional Stress
- Fats: Some Make You Happy, Some Make You Sick... What to Avoid