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high in fat and doesn’t offer the body any of the critical nutrients it
needs and is generally not very healthy.
A good breakfast should consist of at least 300-400 calories. An
example of a healthy breakfast would be 50% carbohydrates, 20%
protein and 30% fat. There are many varieties of breakfast out there
that would provide this mix.
Your breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It should be
healthy and wholesome, but not be too large. Consuming more than
25% of your day’s calories for breakfast will make the body feel
sluggish and reduce your efficiency.
On a last note about the importance of breakfast, a recent study in
the journal of American College Health (2000;49;125-230) associated
eating breakfast each morning to higher grades compared to
students who didn’t eat any breakfast.
General techniques for students to reduce stress:
Study Breaks:
Study breaks are always an enjoyed interruption in the study process,
but the study breaks themselves can be more harmful than good.
Study breaks should be seen as ‘mental breaks’ rather than excuses to
drink another cup of coffee, to sneak in junk food, or to have another
cigarette.
Break time needs to be seen as an opportunity to stretch the mind and
body. You only need five minutes of simple stretching or exercise
program such as yoga to feel that sense of well-being and it is much
healthier than a coffee or cigarette.
Many studies have shown that it isn’t the food or cravings that is
desired so much as the break or pause in the work undertaken.
A
couple
suggestions for alternative break activities would be to
practice some short simple stretching and/or breathing exercises or
even just taking a break for a glass of water.
Sleep:
The importance of sleep is restated many times in many chapters. It
has an enormous affect on your body’s ability to perform. Simply put, if
you don’t sleep, you can’t think. Sleep is one of the most underrated
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