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Discussion on: 3 Healthy Habits for Programmers

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Frank Carr

My advice is watch the carbs, especially those high in refined sugars. It's pretty easy to chow down on doughnuts and pastries, pizza, snack foods and so forth and guzzle down gallons of sweetened soft drinks. Sooner or later, you will probably start tipping the scales at an unhealthy weight. Add in lack of exercise and you'll get there even quicker.

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Nancy Deschenes • Edited

Don't replace sweetened drinks with diet drinks, that's about just as bad.

EAT YOUR VEGETABLES! (even if some are a bit carby - your squash and beets are much better than your donuts and pretzels)

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Evaldas Buinauskas

Listen to this guy. Gym or regular exercising is important but having a balanced diet is crucial(diet isn't starving) to your health.

Eath carbs that are slowly digested in the morning, avoid added sugar and try to eat some fruits (just a few during the day), eat healthy fat such as peanuts, avocado, olive oil and in the evening try to eat food that has protein in it.