sniff citrus potpourri

At least 50 percent of women crave food when they’re stressed to the max, say Canadian researchers. If you’re one of them, you know how tough it is to stop snacking once the urge to eat kicks in.

Rx: Set out bowls of citrus potpourri in the rooms that you frequent. According to researchers at Chicago’s Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation, inhaling the refreshing scent of citrus helps your brain stay calm and relaxed when you’re surrounded by chaos, and that nixes the urge to stress-eat in as little as two minutes, study authors say.