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The compensation effect or “morally tired — immorally rest.” (The paradox of moral self-regulation). A frequent problem of a healthy lifestyle is the unconscious “compensation” of one’s “right” actions with “wrong” ones. By doing something right, it’s as if we get permission to do something wrong. By becoming “good” in one area of life, we can get a “license to do bad things” in another. After all, we want to see ourselves as good, but we don’t want to put in much effort. Therefore, our brain is constantly bargaining, balancing good and bad things. And when we are “good enough, “ we can stop worrying about the consequences of subsequent actions. Let’s look at examples of how this rule works. 1. Selection of healthy products and good deeds. If you ate a healthier lunch than usual, you tend to cheat more often. In the studies, different groups of subjects were offered to buy conventional and organic products. Those who bought “organic” showed a statistically higher probabi...