Any anti-anxiety food to eat before the test?

Test Preparation
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<p>Any food functions as anti-anxiety that I can eat or drink before the test?</p>

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<p>Well, nothing that would ever, ever upset your stomach. There is a fine line between eating enough in order to sufficiently power through hours of testing and making you too full or potentially drinking too much water or something. After nearly a year of testing, from PSAT last October, to my very last (yay!) SAT II's I took this morning, I developed a pre-standardized testing food agenda the morning of the exam as follows :
1 peanut butter Zone Bar
1 bottle of Lemon Lime Gatorade
1 banana
And I bring a bottle of water, Livesavers and Wheat Thins with me. It's worked.</p>

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<p>I always have a croissant and a cup of coffee... I'm not an avid coffee drinker, and I don't ever (other than on testing days) eat croissants.</p>

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<p>I usually grab a cup of coffee and a breakfast sandwich/donut at either burger king or donkin donuts. I carry some of those ulta-fat caramel candy and a bottle of Coke to eat and drink during breaks.</p>

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<p>Thanks for sharing!
I drank RedBull this morning, it made me anxiety during the test rather than increase my concentration, I dont know why, I will never drink Redbull again, it doesn't work for me</p>

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<p>Yeah, RedBull's gonna make you more anxious--it's gonna spike your blood pressure WAY up...</p>

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<p>mary jane, you know those brownies</p>

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<p>Red Bull worked for me last time so I drank it this morning, too.
IT totally gave me an upset stomach! I'm never drinking it again!</p>

<p>Good thing I finished Korean 25 minutes early, and proctor let me go to the restroom.</p>

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<p>I was always afraid to drink coffee before an SAT as afraid it would "over stimulate me" although i drink coffee everyday...</p>

<p>My scores were 560v/580m... and they were consistant after two tests. On the third test i drank coffee (not experimentally...just wanted some ) and i got 590V/650 M. Did it again and got 580V/680 Math...</p>

<p>Dunno...Those were major jumps too.</p>

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<p>I was wondering if the starbucks frappuccino or double shot (? one in a glass bottle, and one in a can) would wake me up if I drank it in the morning. (because I heard from somebody that some coffees can make you sleepy. ones with a lot of milk possibly??)</p>

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<p>peanut butter is supposed to stimulate something or other. </p>

<p>also- eat candy during the breaks. the smell is supposed to awaken your senses and help you concentrate more</p>

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<p>Drinking coffee is shown to have a negative effect on scores. It makes you too jittery. </p>

<p>But green brownies on the other hand...</p>

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<p>My usual routine for test mornings is coffee and bananas before the test, water and gum/candy during the test.</p>

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<p>Bananas are supposed to be good for settling upset stomachs...I just eat whatever I would normally eat, i.e. a bowl or two of cereal.</p>

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<p>Don't drink soda. It's not that you're going to crash, the gas is embarrassing.</p>

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<p>this isn't really anti-anxiety food but EAT FISH (especially the eyes)!! it's brain food :D</p>

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<p>Fish eyes make you smart. =) (Contains DHA)</p>

<p>Eat really minty gum before the test (not too sweet though, because it makes your mouth sticky). The mint smell helps with focus.</p>

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<p>I had a cup of orange juice and like.. 5 tator tots</p>

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<p>Dude... give me some tots.</p>

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<p>OOOPS!!</p>

<p>I meant to say hash browns.. they're the same anyway :P</p>