It's not news to anyone that students eat horribly during their college years. Away from home for the first time, we stuff our bellies with fats, processed foods, soda and coffee. For those living on our own, our meals often consist of pizza, ramen and microwave dishes.
After finally watching "Supersize Me", a documentary about a guy who eats McDonalds for three meals a day for one month and the damage it does to his body, I began to wonder why in our most formative intellectual years, we fill our bodies with such junk. We're stimulating our minds, but destroying our bodies.
If you're thinking long-term, it seems like common sense that students should eat healthy and exercise. But no one does it, even when the benefits are innumerable.
Studies show that people who live to be 100 years old and are still healthy have maintained healthy lifestyles (including exercise and eating well) throughout their lifetimes. Experts also say that older people who have healthy bodies also have healthy minds -- a connection there? Perhaps.
These people didn't just take care of themselves when they retired. They started living a health-conscious lifestyle when they were young.
Students who want to think long-term and get the most out of the dollars spent on their pricey education (maintaining that knowledge in their later years) had better start taking caring of their bodies also.
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