New Delhi: The fourth episode of Pariksha Pe Charcha 2025 aired today and it featured celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar and Shonali Sabherwal (India’s only practising Counsellor/Chef and instructor in Macrobiotics) as the special guests who shared healthy eating tips to help students stay healthy during the exam season. The episode was largely centred on nutrition and how eating habits affect performance and brain health. Done right, Shabarbal said that is one of the best ways to boost productivity.
In the previous episode, Edelweiss Asset Management CEO Radhika Gupta spoke about AI and its impact on humans. This one was about how kids can shift their focus from bingeing on tea and coffee and stick to healthier alternatives instead as it is the eating habits of a kid that make all the difference. Also during exams, when most students want to gorge on sugary treats, nutritionists recommend otherwise. But if timed right, it may not have many negative effects on health.
Sabherwal said in the episode that eating sugar at the right time is a good way to ensure that the brain does not slow down. This can take a toll on brain function and also adversely affect gut health. This allows the body to create healthy enzymes while keeping the whole body functioning smoothly. Diwekar also said that going ahead, it is important to alternate right between tea, coffee, green tea and juice. On the one hand, one might want to binge on coffee and tea, but caffeine can keep you up all night thereby causing sleepiness during the day.
Alternatively, students must keep drinking water to stay hydrated while abstaining from soft drinks that are full of sugar. School canteens that often serve unhealthy, oily and packaged foods, as per Sabherwal, must also undergo an evaluation to bring about change in the way they operate.
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