Wellness Central: Nutrition

Wellness Central is part of an effort to promote health and wellness to college students, faculty and staff. This video is about nutrition, and how to manage a healthy diet as a college student.

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>> My guilty pleasure is generally,
really junky snack food; pretzels,

and really salty chips, and fruit snacks.

>> So when everyone's home, my dad likes to
buy donuts so that we can spoil ourselves,

and whenever I'm just like in a
rush, I just see them on the counter.

I just shove two chocolate
donuts in my mouth and head out.

And that's not exactly -
that's not a good start.

>> Well, if I have like a bad
day or I just feel kind of lazy,

and I do just go straight
for the ice-cream treats.

>> My favorite healthy meal is
fruit salad, with cut up almonds,

sunflower seeds, and pumpkin seeds.

>> My favorite healthy nutritious meal
that I eat, would probably just be okay,

so I guess I don't really
know much about nutrition,

because I like, is bologna sandwich count?

Does a bologna sandwich with a banana count?

>> I think my favorite healthy meal is
probably stir fry with lots of vegetables.

>> I'm actually really a big
fan of cherries and peaches.

Fruit's pretty good, but I
hear that it's really sugary.

In terms of vegetables, I
like going for carrots.

>> Roasted Brussel sprouts with kung
paw sauce on it, with green rice.

Green rice is that you make regular
brown rice and put cilantro, or spinach,

or Swiss chard into it, and
mix it up, and it is wonderful.

>> My favorite go-to healthy nutritious
meal is probably a Caesar salad.

And although the or the dressing
on that probably isn't the best,

it's one of the better things
that I try to go for when I want

to be healthy and get something good in me.

>> The Athena bag of carrots a banana,
and a little thing of fruit snacks.

>> Oh boy.

I have a grilled cheese sandwich,
and an apple cut up into slices,

and then a bag of cashew
nuts, which is mostly eaten.

>> Oranges, almonds, and
I would have a sandwich.

You know, like a veggie burger or
so, or just an avocado sandwich.

Avocado, tomato, and lettuce,
and stuff like that.

>> NO, I do not carry food with
me, because I tend to overeat.

So I try to eat my breakfast at
home, and then I carry water with me.

>> My favorite thing to pack for lunch
is a sandwich, because it's easy.

But I also like bringing soups, or spaghetti,,
or anything that happens to be in the fridge.

>> Got some brown rice made up,
and take a burrito shell, you know,

a good organic burrito shell, with
some rice in there, and some avocado,

and some vegetarian chicken strip.

Put it in there.

A little bit of fresh onion, and you've got
yourself a nice little breakfast burrito.

>> Hey, did you know that foods that are high in
salt and sugar cause inflammation in the brain

and hinder its ability to
think clearly and remember?

It makes your brain sluggish.

There are recent studies that
actually show a causal relationship

between those foods and depression.

So go for the rainbow in your
foods not in the packaging.

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