EAT WELL.KEEPING A HEALTHY DIET IS OFTEN AS HARD AS GETTING ENOUGH...

2. Eat well.Keeping a healthy diet is often as hard as getting enough rest when you are busy preparing fora test. But how you eat can have a tremendous impact on how you study and how you perform on theexam. You may think you are saving time by eating fast food instead of cooking a healthy meal. But inreality, you are depriving your body of the nutrition it needs to be at its best. You may think that acouple extra cups of coffee a day are a good thing because you can stay up later and study. But in real-ity, you are “tricking” your brain into thinking that it’s awake and making yourself more dependent oncaffeine.Foods to avoid—especially at test-time—include high-sugar, high-calorie, low-nutrition foods, suchas donuts, chips, and cookies. Instead, find healthy substitutes such as the following:

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donuts low-sugar, multi-grain cerealchips carrot stickscookies natural granola barice cream low-fat yogurtsugary soda fresh squeezed fruit juicegiant-sized coffee green tea