From: baratron	Date: 18th October 2007 22:08 (UTC)		(Link)

Oh, I can tell you by observation what my kids had for lunch. I work at a Korean college. Sometimes the kids come along with whatever Koreans call bento boxes, lots of home-prepared little dishes. Those are great. Sometimes they get Korean brand instant noodles, which are OK. The various Korean noodles have actual FOOD in, and the kids are perfectly normal after eating them. Sometimes, however, they end up buying Pot Noodles from the garage next door. Pot Noodles contain almost no food (a few dried vegetables, some fatty soy protein, and a large number of artificial additives), and if the kids eat those, they are unteachable for the rest of the day. Yeah.

Today's brat kept moaning that he "had flu" and was "dying", despite having no visible signs of illness. (He wasn't coughing or sneezing or anything like that, just a bit snotty & sinusy - no worse than I am on a daily basis because of allergies!). I think as much as anything it was self-inflicted lack of sleep combined with self-chosen poor nutrition (his mum didn't bring him to college today, and he bought his own lunch). Teenagers, however, really don't notice the effect that their diets have on themselves. 'Tis a problem.

	From: brooksmoses	Date: 3rd November 2007 23:09 (UTC)		(Link)

Heh. Sometimes, neither do 31-year-olds.

I wonder how much of my recent lethargy is driven by the days when I've forgotten to eat until early afternoon. Probably a fair bit. Is a thing to ponder (and work on fixing), in any case.