What should I eat to be more active?

Question

1)i am a 15 year old boy.What should I eat to be more active?everytime I sit to study I start feeling really sleepy and lethargic and my eyes get really glassy and feel tired. (no,studies being largely boring is not the thing).my mind feels somehow active enough.but my eyes start getting really tired.
i usually sleep fr around 4-6 hrs at nght and 1-2 hrs in the afternoon.is there any prob with that?

Pls suggest things like vegetables and all that stuff .i know about coffee .but I want something that is healthy and can be eaten regularly.
Anyway tell me whatever u know.


2)do u know any exercises fr improving eyesight? my lens’s power is going on increasing a bit too quickly.

Answer 1

You should get 7 to 8 hours of straight sleep at night. If you feel the need to nap in the afternoon than keep it down to 45 min. Try eating better foods. If you are eating a lot of fast food, and more than once a week is considered a lot, than you really need to cut back on that. Fast food makes you gain weight so fast and the excess weight makes you slow and lethargic. As far as exercising your eyes... try blinking your eyes regularly, it reduces eye strain. Actually there are a lot of things you can try. Try finding out about the 'The Bates Method' it's a form of re-education that teaches you how to relax and allow your mind and your eyes to work together. There are a lot of exercises you can try too. Try looking and naturalcures.com. Good luck!

One thing you need to think about is, that while bananas may be helpful in all those areas listed above, posting above this one, bananas are high in fat and they will put weight on you so fast. Actually 1/2 of a banana is considered a whole serving because of it's fat and sugars.

Answer 2

It's best if your sleep is uninterrupted because REM sleep is what really counts, and you have to be asleep for a while before REM sleep begins. Coming out of it too soon isn't good for you either. If you choose to nap anyway, keep your naps under an hour and get the rest during the night. 15-30 min naps the best. It may take a little while to get on this schedule but it will be worth it.

It's important to eat foods that keep your blood sugar pretty stable. If you eat or drink a lot of sugar, or even a little on an empty stomach, your blood sugar will spike, then your body releases too much insulin because its expecting a lot more food than is actually in you, so you blood sugar goes way down and you feel drowsy. Eat food high in fiber to keep blood sugar stable. Only allow sugar if you blood sugar is low like after a workout and your muscles will suck it right up.

Answer 3

For one thing, you aren't getting enough quality sleep at night. You are a teen, and you need more hours sleep at night. Try to get your body clock changed to where you can go to bed by 10 p.m. so you can get 8 hours of sleep. Best way to do this is start on the weekend so that by Monday your body will already be getting used to the schedule. Just try this for one week to see if you can tell a difference.

When do you study? At night? If so, stay away from high carb meals - - - like french fries, sweets, pasta, bread. These foods can actually make you tired. So limit them. Balance your meals and make sure you are getting lots of protein - - - eggs, meat, fish. Veggies are good - - - eat a variety, but don't count a potato as a veggie. Eating baked potatoes puts my daughter to sleep, so if you want to eat one of these, eat it right before bed. You should sleep well.

Instead of coming home from school and crashing, try to go for a short walk or ride your bike or skateboard - - - - anything to get a little exercise thrown in. Even just for 15 minutes. It should make you more alert in the evening.

As for your eyesight, take breaks from the computer screen!!! Don't sit too close to the TV. Read in good light.

Answer 4

Carbohydrates require less water to digest than proteins or fats and are the most common source of energy.

Breads, pastas, beans, potatoes, bran, rice and cereals are all high in carbohydrates.

Instead of sitting while reading, walk around the room, or just stand up. You won't get as sleepy.

Also, make sure you are getting enough sleep, and the right kind of sleep daily. Any hour of sleep you get before midnight is equal to two hours of regular sleep. If you are not getting enough sleep, you will get sleepy throughout the day.

Coffee is good to keep your energy levels up, as well as a nutritional snack such as a bananna, or energy drink.

Answer 5

I am an athlete, I play basketball, volleyball, and softball for my school. Our worouts each day are very strenuous and require alot of pressure on our heart and body. keep your food intake healthy, fruits veggies, lean meats, etc. and your body will work the way it was made. you will feel better and youll see results faster. If you take care of your body and give it what it needs, it will give you what you want.

Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.

Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. Bananas are the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.

Stay away from coffee, sugar, and other unnatural things that claim to boost energy. While it may boost your energy for a short period of time, your sugar levels in your body will start to decrease fast causeing your body to "crash" and feel extra, extra tired. Not only that, but sugar makes you crave more sugar and that is really unhealthy.

Answer 6

Bananas
This is interesting.
After reading this, you'll never
look at a banana in the same way again.

Bananas contain three natural
sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fibre. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is
the number one fruit with the world's leading
athletes. But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression: According to a recent
survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and genre ally make you feel happier.

PMS: Forget the pills - eat a
banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.


Anaemia: High in iron, bananas can
stimulate the production of haemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anaemia.


Blood Pressure: This unique
tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet
low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood
pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug
Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for t he fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power: 200 students at a
Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

Constipation: High in fibre,
including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Hangovers: One of the quickest
ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The
banana calms the stomach and, with the help of thehoney, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

Answer 7

If you eat sugar, you should probably stop eating it. It can build up in your blood, then when it goes away, and you don't eat any sugar, your body starts getting sleepy.

Eating a hard fruit that has lots of cellulose with pockets of sugar inside of it....your body uses hours to digest it, little by little, so it gets a steady slow stream of sugar to your body, instead of the jolt of candy to your blood, then the sudden letdown.

You mention eyesight....that is very perceptive of you....If you have a problem with your lenses, you need to get a new prescription....that could be causing terrible eyestrain, and that alone can make you tired.

Sounds like you are going to be successful in fixing your problem, since you already know what to do! Get to your eye-doctor and eat an apple.

Answer 8

You should try to get more sleep at night. At your age, at least 8 hours a night is recommended.

While studying, when you tired/sleepy take a 3-5 min break and walk briskly to get metabolism going.

Good luck.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

You should eat green vegetables and fruits.
Avoid eating junk and fatty food.
As you are saying you feel tired and sleepy at the time of your study, then you should drink tea or coffee at that time. It will definitely work, avoid getting use to it.
Don't take excess of meal at a time.