It's August! Which means that across the nation, endless loads of laundry are being done--dare we say mostly by mothers--and school supplies purchased in preparation for students going off to university for the first time, or going back to their college dorms to start a new journey in what has already become a home away from home.
Just about all summer long, mothers of America, you've tried to keep an eye on your children and their nutrition, and now you're sending it well to the land of instant noodles, candy bars and cafeteria food. It's no secret that college students are often tight on time, settling for junk food, energy-dense snacks and instant meals. The hard information is that these bad habits increase their risk of getting chronic diseases for example diabetes, cancer as well as heart disease.
The good news is which college students are really good from forming good habits, too. Studying tougher than they ever did in high school, for example, and cooperating with other people on team sports activities. Good eating habits are not that hard to put into action, and yield higher rewards. Healthy consuming makes them (everyone!) feel good, cope with stress better, rest better, and perform better in the class-room and on the athletic field.
So why not load up these tips in with that clean laundry?
One. Breakfast. Let's start with the beginning, no? I know you've heard this before, but consider it one of those old songs that gets much better and better as the years pass. Start the day off with good energy! Real fruit, protein pubs, cuppa tea if that's your own cuppa tea (we suggest a benefit to antioxidants). Just consume breakfast. Please.
Two. You can eat instant noodles and other instant meals, but choose which ones you eat sensibly. There are plenty of organic and all-natural options on the market these days. You can still have fast and simple, but not so much Monosodium glutamate, sodium, and other unhealthy, hard-to-pronounce ingredients.
3. Fresh, perishable food is better than packaged foods along with mysteriously interminable shelf lives. Haven't you read your Michael Pollan? "Eat food, little, mostly plants.Inch Get a mini fridge. At least supplement those instant noodles with fresh carrot sticks. Just be careful of the frozen treats if your mini refrigerator has an even mini-er freezer. The point here is to be proactive, by having clean foods on hand as well as inviting. Bonus: is there a farmers' market near your own college? Go!
Four. Water. You know it. Cheaper and better for you personally than juice, actually, and certainly, definitely better in every way possible than the high fructose corn syrup laced sodas that are being fiendishly marketed to you. Stop being a victim associated with corporate advertising dollars preying on your health! Be a hydration fanatic instead. Nothing retains you healthier. Nothing keeps you thinner, either, in a good way. Half the time you think you're hungry, you're really just thirsty. See if mom and dad will splurge on a water cooler! You'll be the most popular room in the dorm. (Mom, if you're reading this...)
5. Way of thinking. The most important thing you can do is start to think of what you put into your body as real nutrition. Vitamins, minerals, water--these issues work on your behalf within your body, whereas empty sugar calories do not. They weigh a person down. They make a person unhealthy. It's just like having a terrible player in your sports team or a terrible lab companion. Work with your food so that your food will work for a person.
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