What was your diet like while studying for the mcat?

[Scrizzy]

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Mine consisted of instant noodles, chips, hard boiled eggs, rice, and anything microwaveable from a can.

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[DoctorSwagger]

This is extra


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[ciestar]

Wait until Step 1.

 

[Saifa]

 

[raiderette]

MCAT- wonderful college food.
Step 1- jerky, tea and Christmas cookies.
Step 2- anything I can put in my pocket during rotations.

 

[Shammyguy3]

Pizza. A **** ton of pizza. Oh and Mountain Dew.

 

[Pagan FutureDoc]

Whatever I felt like cooking that day. A lot of chicken dishes and salads

 

[aldol16]

Your diet isn't that big of a factor. Just don't do anything weird the night/week before the MCAT, e.g. doing a chili pepper eating contest.

 

[ClimbsRox]

I don't know, but I do know you need to have all your major food groups on test day: Fats, Salt, Sugar, and Caffeine. My test day diet consisted of a 4-pack of Red Bull, a small pack of Oreos, a bag of potato chips, and a jar of hummus. Each break = 1 Red Bull, two cookies, and a few chips with hummus. Perfect combo #528

 

[puahate]

i ate a lot of chik fil a near the beginning.

 

[subdermallight]

In all seriousness, I did take diet into account but only about 2 weeks before the test. I was testing different breakfasts during my practice exams, to see if what I ate mattered. I found that for me, a decently sized breakfast was best, not too little to make me hungry and not too much to make me sleepy. I had 2 eggs on toast with hot chocolate lol (no caffeine because it made me more likely to stress out). I’m sure Greek yogurt and fruit, or ham and egg, all would have been fine. Not a bad idea to test out for yourself

 

[Scrizzy]

In all seriousness, I did take diet into account but only about 2 weeks before the test. I was testing different breakfasts during my practice exams, to see if what I ate mattered. I found that for me, a decently sized breakfast was best, not too little to make me hungry and not too much to make me sleepy. I had 2 eggs on toast with hot chocolate lol (no caffeine because it made me more likely to stress out). I’m sure Greek yogurt and fruit, or ham and egg, all would have been fine. Not a bad idea to test out for yourself

I found that eating too much before and during the 30 min break can make me tired. So during the real test, I ate a quarter of a snack bar before and during the break. I actually saw significant improvements in concentration and scores.

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[Pharaoh95]

I lived off of vending machine snacks at the library.

 

[subdermallight]

I found that eating too much before and during the 30 min break can make me tired. So during the real test, I ate a quarter of a snack bar before and during the break. I actually saw significant improvements in concentration and scores.

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This for me too! I had minimal food on breaks. This was only possible because I had such a good breakfast.

 

[Tree1996]

Chinese Food

 

[MyOdyssey]

Does carb loading on the morning of the exam help or hinder you?

What about a cup of coffee on the morning of the exam?

 

[substandardasian]

Burgers and PowerAde. Only the blackberry flavored one though.

 

[vrazzles]

A lot of pasta with parmesan cheese, fast food, and quick stir fry.

 

[CheeseIsLife]

Garbage in, garbage out. Feed your brain a balanced diet!

 

[Scrizzy]

Garbage in, garbage out. Feed your brain a balanced diet!

Would you recommend cheese in the diet?

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[AdenineThomasPhosphate]

Terrible.

 

[Wahed]

La Favorita microwaveable burritos and like $1million dollars worth of carry out pad thai. I seriously blew so much money on pad thai but somehow I got convinced that it helped me focus and I ate it like every day.

Ended up eating pad thai on the mcat lunch break (even though no one else seemed to eat anything). I had to eat so fast though I think I legitimately scratched the back of my throat. I didn't notice until after the test (that adrenaline is real), but my throat hurt for a few days.

 

[CheeseIsLife]

Would you recommend cheese in the diet?

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LOL as long as you have access to those sweet sweet lactose digesting enzymes. Cheese is the food of the gods.

 

[JugglesMed]

I tried to exercise 4-5 times a week. It especially helped after a stressful 6+ hours of studying

 

[PickleRickelus]

I used to eat peanut butter sandwiches, greek yogurt and black coffee then snack on peanuts. I'm so glad I am not allergic to peanuts. That's literally my only protein source whenever I can't afford Greek yogurt.

 

[THEBACKANDFORTH]

I just ate 9 fig newtons because of this thread. I wanted 10, but 9 was the point that I felt shame...

also... why is my set point for shame 9 fig newtons?