5 Daily Habits for a Longer Life

 

Although you might only be worrying about that final exam before the end of the term, It’s important to remember our overall health as well as mental. Getting the right kinds of foods and exercise are just as, if not more, important than reading up on all your assigned texts. MediFacts offers students and non-students alike a mecca of health, meditation, food/diet, recipes and  even the medical science of what happens if you stay up too late to ensure you are getting the most out of your brain power as well as your checkbook. (Have to pay for all those credit hours somehow!)

As well as a helpful color-coded chart on the colors of foods that ensure health, there are also 5 steps that you can take to ensure your health for a long time to come; If the finals don’t do you in. This article about 5 daily habits for a longer life might be just what your looking for to incorporate good habits into your already bustling schedule. That way you don’t have to make a decision on which you care more about: higher IQ or good health.

15 Healthy Foods for About $2

brown rice salad with roasted peppers and scallionWhat site on surviving grad school would be complete without a link to WebMD15 Healthy Foods for About $2A grocery list to help you cut food prices while you boost nutrition  provides a list of healthy foods.  Of course, what’s healthy for one person isn’t always healthy for another.  It depends on what your diet is lacking.  But, being WebMD, each of the 15 foods mentioned includes a dietary breakdown and price list.  If you look on the right – an area most of us avoid because we’ve been desensitized into thinking it’s all ads – there’s a link for WebMD healthy recipes. This is good because otherwise, plain whole wheat pasta gets old after you eat it for three days straight.

 

Eating Well on a Grad School Stipend

Cook at home, buy in bulkThere is more to grad school cuisine than ramen! (Though the Oriental flavor is particularly tasty)!  Eating Well on a Grad School Stipend offers practical alternatives to over-processed, high-starch and high pricetag foods.  The post is written by a micro-biology student for the blog Gradhacker, part of insidehighered.com.

The tips are focused under two categories:  Buy Smarter and Cook at Home.  One of the tips, invariably, is “buy in bulk.”  That’s very good advice, but it’s not always possible.  First of all, while buying in bulk is usually cheaper in the long run, there is that initial cash outlay.  Secondly, buying in bulk requires storage and/or freezer space.  Not something all grad school students have a great deal of.  Just sayin’

Grad Students Answer The Most Important Question Ever Asked

Grad School might have give off the same impression that turning 30 does. Going to bed early, eating healthier, and working out more seem to be the new habits of people in their 30’s that spell the end of an exciting and vibrant social life that goes all night long. Does Grad school also put the final nail in the coffin of the party lifestyle birthed in the undergrad years?

Fear not young worriers! In response to your question Do grad students party, drink, and do random hook-ups?  you will find answers that give you hope for the future of partying into your grad school year with this important caveat: “Do you intend to go to grad school in order solely to become raging promiscuous drunk; or to further your education and career goals?” This you must decide for yourself.

Grab a Bite

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If you have to eat out, follow Grab a Bite on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/GrabABiteToEat  (Don’t bother clicking through to the Website, it’s in beta). The video above tells it all.  In short, the page was created to “Free Deals for your favorite, local restaurants, cafés, bars, etc.”  Contact email is here:  contact@graba-bite.com

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