From this day forth, it shall be known that I refuse to seek nutritional sustenance from a campus vending machine for the rest of my undergraduate career.
From a disappointing series of events involving planning and time constraints, I forgot to bring/get a proper supper before class today. This brought me to the vending machine.
The menu: A bag of planter's peanuts (protein), a "cheese mix" bag (semi-complex carbohydrates] sun chips, pretzels, Doritos, and cheese-its), and apple strudel pop-tarts (they say it has 7 vitamins and minerals! Don't count on it though, most are synthetic and I'm pretty sure the body has a hard time digesting them in that form) for a total of $2.50. For this much money, one can get a much more satisfying and nutritious spinach pie at the campus "cafe" (also very likely over-priced at $2.00).
Granted, there are worse dilemmas in the world--I have the privilege of temporary hunger, satiating it to a degree, having food available at home, and am capable of writing about it here. However, it's remarkable to experience such a swing in attitude and physical performance that's absolutely attributed to nutrition. It's a definite challenge for one's character (and academic performance too).
From a disappointing series of events involving planning and time constraints, I forgot to bring/get a proper supper before class today. This brought me to the vending machine.
The menu: A bag of planter's peanuts (protein), a "cheese mix" bag (semi-complex carbohydrates] sun chips, pretzels, Doritos, and cheese-its), and apple strudel pop-tarts (they say it has 7 vitamins and minerals! Don't count on it though, most are synthetic and I'm pretty sure the body has a hard time digesting them in that form) for a total of $2.50. For this much money, one can get a much more satisfying and nutritious spinach pie at the campus "cafe" (also very likely over-priced at $2.00).
Granted, there are worse dilemmas in the world--I have the privilege of temporary hunger, satiating it to a degree, having food available at home, and am capable of writing about it here. However, it's remarkable to experience such a swing in attitude and physical performance that's absolutely attributed to nutrition. It's a definite challenge for one's character (and academic performance too).
