Hi everybody this is Monica Reinagle the nutrition diva here with your quick and dirty

tips for eating well and feeling fabulous when it comes to eating healthy, college kids face some unique

challenges. They may be living on campus and at the mercy of a school meal plan

or they might be living on their own for the first time but without without a lot of space, kitchen equipment, or cooking

skills to draw on.

Mostly though, they're short on funds and time, although this is hardly unique to college

students.

So as a new school year gets underway, I've got some advice for college kids, and anyone else who finds that their ability to eat well is hindered

by a lack of money, time, kitchen space, or cooking skills.

College kids are always complaining that they don't have enough money to buy healthy food.

It may have been a few years since I was in college, but I live within spitting distance of six universities, so I see plenty of

college students every day, and virtually all of them are carrying Venti Frappuccinos.

So my first tip for you is, your own coffee that is if money is tight

Spend your food dollars on nutrition not four dollar hits of caffeine

Brew your own coffee and carry it in a thermus or an insulated cup and with the money you save you can afford more fresh produce

As for brewing your own beer take it from one who has tried it even if you do end up with a drinkable batch

You're not going to be saving any money.

Brewing beer takes a lot of equipment, ingredients, time, and space, and although it can be a diverting

hobby, it's really far more cost effective to leave it to the professionals.

However, this is as good a time as any to point out

that our starving college students do somehow

manage to spend $5.5 billion on alcohol every year. So before you tell me that you can't

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