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Missing something in my diet?
Kazhiim
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The diet changes associated with going to college and not having someone cook delicious, nutritious food for you seven days a week have taken their toll
My muscles have been fairly tense lately and I can't really hold any part of my body steady. You know, hand imperceptibly shakes when you hold it in front of you, and all that.
So I'm thinking I should start taking vitamin supplements to compensate. What controls that? Potassium? Are Flintstones gonna cut it?
My muscles have been fairly tense lately and I can't really hold any part of my body steady. You know, hand imperceptibly shakes when you hold it in front of you, and all that.
So I'm thinking I should start taking vitamin supplements to compensate. What controls that? Potassium? Are Flintstones gonna cut it?
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What have you been eating, and from where? Though there were a number of (semi-tolerable) options at the school cafeteria, college drastically changed my diet for the worser -- I used to call a bowl of ramen and a couple cans of Mountan Dew the "breakfast of champions."
Also, there were the Dew Loops. It was a weak moment.
I definitely eat a lot less here. Bowl of cereal for breakfast, snacks throughout the day (triscuits or pop tarts), and nasty "campus dining" for dinner. I'll get a pretty good pepperoni/banana sandwich for lunch every other day or so, but for the most part there's only 2 meals for me in the day.
Let me try to put things into perspective: on the campus meal plan, I'm supposed to have about a hundred dollars left for the rest of the year. I have $350.
Mayhaps a bit more protein, too.
Indeed, it seems your diet is entirely too starch-heavy; most tend to be, these days.
I'm a young working bachelor so I feel you on not having someone around to make nutritous stuff.
I'd recommend tuna and canned veggies. Tuna is pretty cheap and is a good source of protein, you can put it on all sorts of stuff or, if you really like it, eat it righ out of the can. I'd recommend bumblebee, I've noticed there
is a difference in the brands.
Canned vegetables aren't exactly the best, I know, but if you're a lazy cook like me they're the easiest. Frozen are better and probably just as easy but we all have our preferences.
Also, if you like them brussels sprouts and broccoli. Basically anything green, leafy is best but I hate those, should help out a lot, as long as you don't drown them in butter or cheese or some such thing.
And yeah, a generic multivitamin will help a lot.
Anemia is an iron deficiency, you can get it from some cereals, eggs, some beans, leafy greens like spinach, and lean meats. You can get it in a supplement, but try getting it in food first as iron supplements can make you constipated.
Edit: In that last bit, it = iron. You can get iron from those food sources.
Based on what you're saying, I'd guess that it's not even a matter of not eating right, but rather not eating enough. You've gone from, I'd guess, 3 meals a day to 2 meals a day plus snacks, and I'm assuming your meal size has not increased. Unless you're trying to fix yourself a specialized diet where every meal is loaded with nutrients, I'd say you have to get back to eating enough first, then checking for any deficiencies caused by your diet change.
I mean, you're definitely missing fruits and vegetables, vegetables in particular. But at this point, it's probably not a good idea to swap anything out for fruit and vegetables. I don't think you have a surplus in any nutritional area really, and fruits and vegetables will often leave you hungry. Eat more!
Yes, it's hard to eat more. I'm not sure what your situation is, but you don't need a farmer's market to get fresh fruit. Supermarket fruit is plenty good. Most university dining halls will have fresh fruit around. And if you're really lazy, just drink juice. Orange and apple should be common.
Don't be hesitant to bring food to class, even entire meals. You see it more prevalent among older students as they get more confident, but profs usually won't mind. They recognize that sometimes schedules just result in no eating time. Again fruit is good, but granola and fruit bars or trail mix, either homemade or store-bought work as well. Hell, bring whole meals - most dining halls will let you to-go it in a styrofoam box.
If dining hall food is bothering you, try the short-order stuff, which again I'm presuming yours have. Most universities I've been to will make burgers, fries, grilled cheese, hot dogs fresh and they'll be edible though boring after a while. Or go off-campus - there should be plenty of cheap restaurants about competing for your appetites.
If Djeet is right about anemia, I'd recommend nuts actually, since you're relying on snacks to get through the day. 100g of cashews contain over half your recommended daily intake of iron, though beware the fat content if that's an issue for you.
(Summary: Nuts, juice, vegetables, cereal bars, short-order, more.)
Eat Bananas. As a soccer player who experiences this problem a lot in the legs, potassium helps a ton, and Bananas are not only a huge source of natural potassium, but cheap and fucking good too.
It could, though, be caused by other things. This just quite accurately describes myself, sometimes.
if you do bring food to class (and, you're totally welcome to in most classes) PLEASE don't bring loud, crunchy food. Like carrots, celery, or chips. Especially not things in loud rustly bags, again like chips. It annoys the piss out of other students when they can't hear the prof for your loud chewing. Softer things are generally good, ie any veg that have been cooked, mushrooms or orange slices, etc.
Cut back on the sodium - I'm going to guess there is a lot of that in your diet. Sodium is high in things like fast food, canned soups, frozen dinners, etc.
Start your day off with some slow digesting protein, like eggs. Some people like them hardboiled, some like them cooked. I personally like them with very runny yolks. Have at least one yolk (they are SO GOOD for you!), and don't give two shits about the whole high cholesterol thing - saturated fats and cholesterols are necessary for proper hormone production.
If you have a very fast metabolism, you may want to consider having a little something before you go to sleep. I'm definitely not the norm, and have particular goals to meet, but I have 3 eggs and some peanut/almond butter before bed, sometimes with micellar casein protein supplement.
If you are going to start taking vitamins, make sure you do so with a reasonable full stomach to maximize absorption.