Healthy Choices

The nutrition tips for college student’s article had some good and bad points.  A good point that the article made is that you should include a serving of vegetables and fruit at lunch and dinner.  This is a good tip because if you want to stay healthy in college you will need to eat vegetables and fruit.  That’s common sense.  One thing the article mention that I did not agree with is that it is acceptable to eat a slice of pizza for breakfast.  I’m like most of America and my favorite food is pizza. However I would not recommend eating pizza for breakfast.  You need to have a well balanced breakfast full of protein and grains.  If I wrote the article I would have said for breakfast you should eat egg whites, fruit, or certain cereals.  Another good point this article made is that you should avoid fried foods and bread.  Fried foods are some of the unhealthiest foods you can eat.  They are cooked in grease and full of fat and calories.  I would not recommend them to any college student.  You should also try to stay away from large amounts of bread.  Bread is full of carbs and can be very unhealthy if you abuse it.  However, in small amounts such as sandwiches it can save you from eating a lot of fat and calories.  If you substitute a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for slices of pizza that is going to be a good choice.  It is very hard for me not to think about food.  It is almost impossible to get it off of my mind, so, I also found the healthy alternatives section to be very useful.  I am also looking for ways to avoid going to Conn, and it gave me some good options for things I can do instead.