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Vegetarian Times, Jan, 2003

What you eat can influence how you feel, mentally as well as physically. A September 2002 survey conducted by the London-based Food and Mood Project found that 88 percent of participants improved their emotional states through their dietary choices. By deliberately reducing their intake of such "stressors" as sugar, caffeine, alcohol and chocolate, and increasing their consumption of "supporters"--vegetables, fruits, water and selected oil-rich foods--they improved their overall mental health, at least in terms of subjective states of mind.

So the next time you want a hot fudge sundae with a cherry on top, hold the ice cream, hot fudge and whipped cream, but eat the cherry. You'll feel a lot better.