Hello and welcome back to Ask Dr Hazel our mini episodes that drop each week

between our main episodes. I'm your host Dr Hazel and I'll be answering all your

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recorded questions to info at the FoodMenek.co.uk. So let's get into this

week's question. Hi Dr Hazel my name is Denise and I'm hoping you could

offer some advice on what to eat before and during exams. I'm sitting a six-hour

exam in a couple of months and we only have one one hour break right in the

middle of the exam. We're not allowed to have any food or drinks with us during

testing time besides water so really can only eat before the exam and during the

break. Do you have any tips of best food to eat for breakfast and the lunch break?

Thank you. This is such a great question and I wish I knew this information when

I was studying my exams back in medical school. So you mentioned that you want

something that's gonna keep you going for breakfast and also during the exam at

lunchtime. My best advice would be to make sure that you're getting a good

balanced breakfast before your exam. So you're gonna think about having some

complex carbohydrates. That could be some horror jokes, some whole grain toast,

perhaps a bagel. You want to get some protein sources in there so again that

could be some yogurt. It could be some eggs, maybe some smoked salmon. Smoked salmon

is also a really great source of omega-3 which is really important for brain

health as well and also some healthy fats. So that could be nut butter. Again it

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