How Your Diet Can Affect Your Exam Stress

Our diet can have a huge impact on our brain, from our mood to our concentration levels what you eat really can affect your exam stress!.

When we are in high pressure situations it can be very tempting to pick up the most convenient snacks possible to give us quick energy or to comfort eat to deal with the stress but did you know how these bad habits actually affect you?

Letting your energy levels slump and only eating when your really hungry will have a worse affect than grazing. When studying you are best having healthy and light snacks throughout the day to keep your energy levels stable.

Fruit & vegetables contain vital nutrients and chemicals that can foster the production of Dopamine, this plays a key role in motivation and engagement. Fruit & vegetables can also improve memory, moods and minimize body inflammation!

Take caffeine in moderation, over consumption of tea, coffee or sugary drinks can cause dehydration and an irritable mood making it harder to focus on studying.
As we said before memory boosting nutrients can be found in vitamin A, E & C such as eggs,carrots, broccoli, fish, nuts and green leafy vegetables.

Lecithin is a component of all cell membranes and can help calm nerves! Good sources of this can be found in egg yolks, soybeans, cauliflower and beans.