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The Best Foods to Boost Your Mood

Eat your way to a happier day (and life) with these 8 foods.

By Matthew Kadey, MS, RD
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Best Food to Get Happy #3: Dark Chocolate
Chocolate contains mood-boosting compounds such as theobromine and phenylethyamine. Further, a recent Swiss study found that eating a little over an ounce of antioxidant-rich dark chocolate (about 6 Hershey Kisses) daily for two weeks reduced stress hormone levels including cortisol in people with high anxiety. Bonus: Dark chocolate is also on this list of the best foods for better sex!

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