Feel-Good Foods: 10 Stress-Soothers

Almonds

Why Almonds are Stress-Soothers: Need a quick fix? Just a few almonds will keep your heart from racing when panic attacks. They help lower your blood pressure and keep oxygen flowing throughout the body.

• Almond butter is a simple alternative to whole nuts. Instead of peanut butter, try almond butter as your new combo with jelly.
• Almonds are really seeds of the fruit from the almond tree, not nuts.

• Almond and Raisin-Studded Rice
• Almond chicken Kabob
• Almond Cookies
• Chocolate Dipped Almond Rolls

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