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Sip green tea to get happy

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Sip green tea to get happy

Need to lift your mood? Sip a cup of green tea. In this Health Smarts video, Kevin Soden, MD, explains how antioxidants in green tea may help boost production of the feel-good brain chemicals serotonin and dopamine to prevent depression.

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