Posts Tagged: diet

The Fit Student—How to Eat Healthy on a Tight Budget

What should you do when your belly growls?  I interviewed with two social justice warriors days ago.   And I needed the job.  Badly.  We were meeting at a restaurant.  I wondered, “Would they buy dinner?”  Earlier that day, for the first time, I ate banana peels.  Without those peels, I’d have had no energy to… Read more »

The Fit Student—Are You a Health Nut or a Coconut?

Do you want to tip into health-nut status?  No shame in that label.  But do one better and claim the status of health coconut.  Now, that’s a tasty way to shine your skin, teeth, and hair. I use coconut oil throughout the day.  With coconut oil, you can “condition your hair … hydrat[e] your skin… Read more »

The Fit Student—An End to Obesity

I had a morbidly obese friend.  I was obese at that time too.  Once, when we ate lunch together, I gasped when I saw him eat a whole muffin in one swallow.  I asked, “Don’t you worry about choking?”  We then bonded over tales about our uncontrollable weight. After that day, I didn’t see my… Read more »

Four Ways to have Less Salt and More Health

The association between increased salt in our diet and cardiovascular problems like high blood pressure is well-documented in literature (He, 2013).  Yet, with processed and intensely flavorful foods being a highlight in many people’s diet, is it possible to move away from it? Salt is an addicting flavor enhancer.  As we use more in our… Read more »

Dear Barb—New Year Questions

Dear Barb: Hi, now that the holidays are over, I want to work on my diet.  It seems what is good for you one day, turns out to be not good for you after further studies.  For example, the last couple of years I’ve been using coconut oil in all my cooking and recently I… Read more »

How to Remain Healthy over the Holidays

With the school year well underway, students are feeling the demands of academic life, topped with a healthy dollop of Christmas chocolates, salty party snacks, and inviting offerings of seasonal alcoholic beverages.  So, how does one remain healthy body, mind, and soul, over the over-abundance of the holidays? Well, let’s find out. Heading out in… Read more »

The Fit Student—Sick

Have you ever felt so sick you could hardly sigh?  Take care, because sickness may be your fate if you eat the Western diet. Health author Kerry Knutson’s mom would say “On a good day I can get up, shower, and maybe lick a stamp” (location 158, 95%).  Not long ago, I got similarly sick. … Read more »

The Fit Student—Dine Like a Champion

Dine like a champion to achieve top performance.  Positive choices, such as healthy-eating, spill over.  Yes, they spill-over into your spunk, your joy, your dignity, your grooming, your self-esteem, and your get-up-and-go.  Positive choices also tame temptations to try toxins. So, chow down like champions by gleaning the following hints.  I bold my tips and… Read more »

The Fit Student—How to Gobble More Veggies

At Superstore, I peek at people’s groceries.  The porkiest shoppers buy pop, cookies, or chips.  Junk food spans up to half their cart.  The beefy (but not obese) shoppers buy processed foods like frozen pizzas, white breads, and wieners.  But the leanest shoppers buy mounds of fruits and veggies.  I can guess waist sizes by… Read more »