The secret to handling stress better may start at breakfast

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOn October thirteenth, twenty twenty-six, ScienceDaily reported that a Binghamton University study of about four hundred college students linked breakfast, exercise, sleep and fish oil to handling stress better.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe researchers say those habits were associated with greater psychological flexibility, meaning people adapt better when life goes sideways.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the claim is that your morning can change your whole mood, and honestly, the study makes sense because breakfast is fuel, exercise is medicine, sleep is when your brain resets, and fish oil is omega-threes for your neurotransmitters.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYour podcast has four listeners.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFour listeners who all eat breakfast, Hank. Associated is the careful word here, though, because the study does not say breakfast caused anything.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFair.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA stressed student has to find time for breakfast, a workout, a full night's sleep and a fish oil pill, and that sounds like the stress itself.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo what's your rating?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMildly Bonkers. The research holds up, and I only manage the fish oil, which comes from a can in my bunker.