Junk food and caffeine keep universities running. When you step onto a campus and see students bustling to and fro, pumping out volumes of writing, grinding through exams, and still having enough energy to hit the bar or party…….

1. Exercise reduces stress. High cholesterol causes high blood pressure and other fatal ailments that are also caused by high stress.

2. Not all healthy food is expensive. You can go to the grocery store and get a bag of celery for 99 cents. You can get a tub of oatmeal for $2.30 that should last you for a week or two. There are plenty of other options as well. Besides, long term health costs caused by all that junk food more are more than outweighed by the cost of “expensive” health foods.

3. Where is the prep work in eating an apple, carrots, or virtually any other fruit or vegetable?

4. Ever wonder why such foods are “crisp and zesty”. One reason for the taste in something like Doritos is, among other things, monosodium glutamate, sodium caseinate, sodium acetate, sodium citrate, disodium insinate, and disodium guanylate. Google what these things are and I’ll bet you’ll reconsider that snack.

5. Have you tried proper sleep and regular studying? You’d be healthier and learn more, which is the point of college in the first place right?