TO EAT WELL

STUDENTS TAKE IMUINGRIES OVER MEALS BY GRACE KIMPINSKI

his past week | wandered around campus asking stu- dents if they put much thought into their nutritional intake. As we all know, most of us have a ‘quick fix’ from the vending machines, which re- ally do not contain very nutri- tional foods.

To my astonishment, many people said they really do not think about it at all. Most students do not worry about what they eat. Why is this?

To be honest, when | sat down and thought about my day, | realized that | do not put much consideration into what | eat either. | am one of the lucky ones. My father always makes me breakfast in the morning before | go to classes, and when | get home at night, supper is always waiting there for me. Most days | make a iunch to take to school, but there are some mornings when | just do not have the time.

This is the way it is for most students. Time is a major factor in eating proper foods. If we look at the average university student, his\her day consists of classes, studying and working on assignments, leaving very little time for proper meals.

_ Many students stay up later than they should

for various reasons, so in the morning, sleeping in the extra ten or fifteen minutes it takes to eat breakfast is a priority. | guess we figure that the snooze is better for us then the meal, yet we seem to forget that our energy comes from the food we eat.

Making lunch is a real hassle, believe me, | know, but a sandwich, apple and juice is much better for us than a bag of chips and a pop. Supper is not a problem, we always manage to get something good to eat even if it is not until ten o'clock in the evening.

Many students have more important things to do with their lives than sit around and ponder their nutritional intake, as | realized last week. Education is, for the most part, the top priority in a student's life; otherwise, we would not spend as much money on it as we do. With everything we have to do as students, how can we take time out for minor inconveniences such as eating properly? As long as we have so much work to chew on, nutritious eating may be hard

to swallow.

Rick. Gallant,

fourth year political science “Tastes eood, eee to buy’

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