Four Ways to Cure “Holiday Eating Syndrome”
By Ari Snaevarsson, Features Editor A question I often get revolves around eating strategies for the holidays. At first, this perplexed me. Thanksgiving and Christmas are the primary holidays we think about when we think about stuffing ourselves with food and the tryptophan-induced food coma. In my mind, even if you were to go batshit crazy twice a year food-wise, would it really be that big of a deal in the long run? But the more I...
How to Diet Hack Your College Experience
By Ari Snaevarsson, Features Editor Having been a student at this fine institution since 2013, and an avid diet nerd throughout that same time, I have come to pick up some tips and tricks, and learn some lessons that I thought might be helpful to share with you all today. Whether you are an athlete, meathead, or simply health-conscious student, this information can really be applied to anyone and everyone. I have come to find...
Five Tips for Having a Productive Morning
By Ari Snaevarsson, Features Editor The morning is probably the most important time of the day when it comes to setting yourself up for success. I have noticed when my mornings start to slide backwards into waking up just 30 minutes before class and rolling out of bed, it sets a bad tone for the rest of my day. On the flipside, there are a few go-to things I have found I can institute each morning to start my day off right....
Breakfast: The Least Important Meal of the Day
By Ari Snaevarsson, Features Editor “Part of a complete breakfast!” Every commercial for sugary, high-GI cereal or frozen pastries uses the saying religiously, showing the advertised product on a table alongside the obligatory glass of orange juice and a fruit. Standard advice for taking a test is to make sure you have a nice big breakfast that morning. We routinely blame feelings of tiredness or apathy throughout the day on not...
Explaining Fat Loss (Part 2: Regulation)
By Ari Snaevarsson, Features Editor Now let us discuss how the body regulates fat loss. We are going to look at seven important hormones involved in this regulation: insulin, glucagon, epinephrine, growth hormone, cortisol, thyroid, and leptin. This will be a super brief crash course just to make sense of this holistically. Insulin In brief, insulin rises postprandially (after a meal) and functions as a storage mode. The pancreas is...
