Students are not generally known for the healthy eating habits – for many it’s the first time they need to cater for them self and a several factors like lack of time, a busy ‘social’ life, lack of culinary skills, lack of cooking facilities, combined with a tight budget tends to mean that healthy eating is often forgotten. . Also, like most young people students are often unaware of the importance of good nutrition and the effect that it has on their body -it’s easy to dismiss healthy eating as something that you can worry about later in life when you have more time, more money and different priorities and responsibilities. Although many students may know that choosing the right diet will reduce the risk of problems like heart disease and cancer later in life most are unaware that more immediately what they eat (or don’t eat) can have an effect on things like their immune system, their energy levels, their appearance (condition of their skin, hair, eyes), cognitive functioning (ability to process and retain information, concentration etc)
The good news is that eating well doesn’t have to take a lot of time, cost a fortune or demand cordon bleu cookery skills – tips below will help …