Food can help me learn?

Seth Reeves

Since I am a freshman in college and have only been here at Georgia Tech for about a month, I am trying to find anything that will give me an edge on my academics. So who would have thought that edge would be eating the right food at the right time during the day? Just recently I came across some interesting facts about how food can affect you in school.



First thing you should know is how important it is to eat breakfast every morning. Everyone has heard that it is important, but does anyone realize what happens when they don't eat breakfast? This means that you have not given your body any food to help your brain work properly for at least ten hours (six hours of sleep plus four hours into the morning). When someone does this, their body has to take energy that it stores up, and the stress hormones in their body which mobilize these energy reserves will make them tired, irritable, and unable to learn properly. Food is the source that allows your body to learn! So start your day off right by eating a healthy breakfast!



Also, people may not realize that they need to sustain this energy throughout the day, and three meals a day might just not cut it. For college students, it is probably a good idea to have healthy snacks to nibble on so that your body can sustain its blood-sugar level throughout the entire day. However, do not eat snacks that are high in sugar! This will just cause a crash later. For example, stay away from high-sugar drinks, alcohol, corn syrup, and artificial sweeteners. Good snacks are things like fruit, yogurt, vegetables, milk, and lean meats. For more information, click here.

There are so many other ways how food can help or hurt you in your studies. Especially, since so many students are on the run in college, knowing what to eat and when to eat it can be vital information to making better grades. My advice, take a look at this article! It will give you the information you need to make better eating choices, and give you the best opportunity for you to make most out of all the time you put into your academics.