Docs say skipping meals takes its toll with acidity, headaches among SSC students.
Yogita Shinde suffers from burning in the stomach every day, with her Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination round the corner. Her mother said it was examination phobia and gave her a glass of milk.
According to doctors, students like Yogita suffer from acidity because they study till late night and avoid taking meals on time. This is precisely what doctors say should be avoided.
Students must sleep before midnight during the examination, said Dr Mandar Akalkotkar.
He added, “The metabolism of the body works best during and before sunrise. If the students stay awake till late night, they will get up late in the morning. This will imbalance their body cycle
leading to health issues like acidity, headache and memory loss. It is necessary that children sleep at least seven hours.”
The diet during the examination should be light so that problems like upset stomach don’t crop up, he said. Students also take excess tea or coffee to stay awake, but they should avoid it and instead drink milk.
Doctors also advise getting up early during the examinations. Dr Shirish Shepal said, “Students should study for two hours after dinner and get up early in the morning. Avoid a heavy diet especially non-vegetarian food as it takes long to get digested.”
He said, “The students many a times avoid meals especially dinner to stay awake till late night, but this should not be done. Avoiding food saps your energy leaving you exhausted instead of alert.”
“Early morning memory is at its high and so is the grasping power. So take advantage of it to a great extent. Basically, students should resort to memory techniques like taking up a subject or a topic, reading it after seven days, again after a fortnight and then a month.
“Thus, they will have to just revise it during the examination instead of studying it,” he added.
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