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How is it possible to maintain a healthy balance between your personal and academic life during medical school? Quite a challenge! This is a practical, hands-on, experiential book about how to achieve well-being during medical school. Premedical and medical students as well as those in the helping professions will benefit from reading it. You can diagnose yourself and assess how well you are fulfilling your needs in ten lifestyle areas: time management; exercise and physical activity; relaxation, meditation, visualization, and imagery; spirituality; communication skills and social support; cognitive and coping skills; nutrition; substance use; humor; and touch and massage. Following each self-evaluation, you are provided with practical information and easy, engaging, and enjoyable exercise to enhance your health and well-being.
Nutrition
Nutrition
Diagnose Yourself
- Do you eat plenty of grain products, vegetables, and fruits?
Yes___No___
- Do you limit your intake of fat, sugar, and salt?
Yes___No___
- Are you overweight?
Yes___No___
Nutrition plays a major role in the development of many diseases: atherosclerosis, heart disease, peripheral artery disease, stroke, high blood pressure, cancer, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, gallstones, cirrhosis of the liver, and dental cavities (Bricklin, 1993). A hectic schedule can place demands on your time. Does this demanding schedule compromise your eating patterns and habits? The answer for most of you is probably yes. Frequently you eat on the run from snack machines, which are typically stocked with junk foods, or you eat at fast-food chains, which are not known for quality nutritional content. How conscious are you of the nutritional ...
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