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"Want to get high--the natural way? Who doesn&amp;#x27;t want a rush of feel-good endorphins, right? I have three healthy ideas... Legal, healthy and effective ways to rush your body with feel-good hormones? Here are four proven ways to get you smiling: 1. Eat a square of dark chocolate: Researchers have proven the connection between improved moods and chocolate-eating. What&amp;#x27;s going on here? Dark chocolate contains lots of antioxidants that can trigger the release of energizing, happiness-boosting endorphins into your bloodstream. So, yes, there really is such a thing as a chocolate high! 2. Go on a jog: Glamour&amp;#x27;s very own Anne Sachs, who is training for her first marathon (be sure to cheer her on!) got to the bottom of the so-called runner&amp;#x27;s high in a recent post, and yes, my dears, it is a real thing. While it doesn&amp;#x27;t happen to everyone, if you&amp;#x27;re lucky enough to get that rush of feel-good endorphins that experts call the &amp;quot;runner&amp;#x27;s high&amp;quot; count yourself as lucky. It&amp;#x27;s wonderful (and it&amp;#x27;s one of the reasons why I love jogging so much!). 3. Breastfeed your baby: I know, clearly you have to have a baby to do this, but if you&amp;#x27;re pregnant or thinking about having kids, don&amp;#x27;t rule out breastfeeding! It&amp;#x27;s so good for your kiddo, of course, but a lot of people don&amp;#x27;t know that it also has health benefits for moms too (including cancer-prevention for mamas!). Yes, it isn&amp;#x27;t easy (I&amp;#x27;m the first to admit that--I&amp;#x27;m now nursing baby #3), but if you can manage to do it, it comes with some rewards for you, namely, the rush of comforting, feel-good oxytocin flooded into your body during and after nursing. 4. Juice some veggies and drink up: People who are into juicing (which I have started doing again every morning) claim that you can actually feel a high from veggies (you can read an interesting story about that here). While research hasn&amp;#x27;t proven this, there&amp;#x27;s a lot of anecdotal evidence that drinking juices made with lots of greens and vegetables can leave you with a feeling of well-being, even a buzzed sensation. And, the other day, for the first time, this happened to me. Thirty minutes after downing my morning spinach-carrot-apple-ginger-orange juiced creation, I was sitting at my desk feeling really light, and well, sort of buzzed (giggle). How weird is this? I don&amp;#x27;t have any scientific explanation to offer other than calling it the mysterious veggie buzz. Intriguing, yes? Almost makes me want to go juice another glass! Which &amp;quot;natural highs&amp;quot; work for you? P.S. The exact time women are happiest. And, how a jalapeno pepper can cheer you up! More Ways to Get Glamour: Chat with celebs, VIP fashion stars, beauty pros and more on our Facebook page! Visit Facebook.com/glamour for this month&amp;#x27;s schedule Download Glamour Magazine for your iPad--print subscribers, it&amp;#x27;s now part of your subscription plan! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Photo: Thinkstock "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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