Getting off campus, whether it is for a couple of hours or a couple of days, can provide a much needed reset from the daily grind of Mines. Here are some ideas for experiencing Colorado and beyond on your, admittedly minimal, time off. If you have an hour or two early in the morning, try…
We greet the start of a new semester with excitement as it signifies the beginning of many new adventures. To get through the difficult parts of these new experiences, taking care of our mental health is vital. A powerful tool to maintaining mental health lies in knowing our needs as humans. Every person has six…
An important part of nutrition and preventing illness is getting the right amount of vitamins and minerals. Eight of the thirteen essential vitamins are B vitamins. They are important for the conversion of food to fuel, brain function, methylation (important for cell energy, growth, and the immune and nervous systems), and the synthesis of many…
If you are like me, your go-to energy booster is coffee. However, this does not always work and is not always the best way to get more energy. `There are four avenues through which you can boost energy: moving, resting, lifestyle, and diet. The first way to get more energy is to move. If you…
Feb. 27-Mar. 3 is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Eating disorders, which are often misunderstood, are classified as mental health disorders because that is exactly what they are: mental illnesses expressed with disordered eating behaviors. There are many different manifestations of eating disorders (EDs). The three main EDs are anorexia nervosa (deliberate starvation accompanied by…
The “ketogenic diet” has recently become a more popular dietary regime. In short, the ketogenic diet is a system of eating where most calories come from dietary fat and very little come from carbohydrates. Eating this way will switch the body from glucose metabolism to “fat” metabolism for energy, and this fat metabolism state is…
As the winter season advances on, the flu seems to advance from person to person simultaneously. But don’t lose heart because there are things you can do to stay healthy when it seems like everyone around you is sick. Getting sick is not completely up to chance and you do not have to blindly fall…
With the active lifestyle of a college student and the rigorous Mines’ course load, many students just cannot afford to be sick. The Mines’ Health Center is located across from Elm Hall and next to the IM Fields. They have a staff of four doctors, six nurses, a pharmacist, and dental clinic staff including a…
On October 11th, Mines’ Be Well Health and Fitness Club hosted a presentation about proper nutrition with guest speakers Leighza Baasch and Kristin Johnson, dietetic interns with Sodexo. The aim of the event was to illuminate how proper sleep and nutrition can enhance students’ academic performance. “I hope they can take away that though sleep…
The human body has a will to move. From crawling to walking to running, individuals learn how to control their body and use it to accomplish tasks and goals. Somewhere in adulthood, exercise becomes non-essential to regular life. Where did we go wrong? Living without exercising emboldens a dangerous game: you get more time to…