Now, here’s the shocking truth: no one talks about it on YouTube or anywhere else.
This is the most important thing, which is the health of the students like us, who are severely getting deuterated.
Hello everyone! How are you all? Here I am today with a new video, and in today’s video, we have Balraj with us.
He’ll discuss today’s topic, which is the health and nutrition of students. Hello everyone, my name is Balraj Ghuman
and I’ve studied Human Nutrition Sciences at the University of Manitoba. So, the things that I’m going to share with you guys
are based on research, facts, and my knowledge. So, we’ll discuss health and nutrition in today’s video.
It’s a very important topic, so let’s start with the video.
Balraj, what did you find from the research that you did? So Akshit, first we’ll talk about the healthy immigrant effect.
What’s this? The Stat Canada, Immigration, and Citizen of Canada websites did research on all of the immigrants here.
When they arrive for the first time here, their health is far better than the Canadians here.
So, when we arrive here, our lifestyle is good, we live in a pollution-free environment, and we feel better.
But the thing is, over a while, our health sharply declines. So, when we come to Canada, our health is much better,
but after a few months, it declines. But why?
When we arrive here, we start our Canadian life from scratch. We had to find a job and a place to live,
and we were only concerned with how much money we could make while neglecting our health.
So, stress plays a very important factor in the decline of health. Speaking of international students, let’s take a look at some research.
So, recently, research was initiated on all the major universities in Canada,
and they assessed food insecurity among international students at these Canadian universities.
Food insecurity means not having access to healthy and nutritious food. So, they researched on international students
to see what percentage of students don’t have access to nutritious food, even though they are living in a very good country.
So, all of the data will be provided to you on the screen. They found out that at Dalhousie University, 46% of the students were food insecure.
So, the conclusion of all of the studies is that 4 out of 10 international students face food insecurity.
Out of these, 1 or 2 students are those who are severely food insecure.
The question arises: living in a country like Canada, which has so many resources and where healthy food is available,
why are the students still food insecure? Now, I’ll talk about a recent study that took place in 2016.
They surveyed 28,000 students of the 2016 batch of a university on why the international students are food insecure.
What are the reasons behind it, since Canada is a very good country with everything available?
But still, why are they food insecure? So, the students told them that they had limited time to prepare food.
They don’t have the skills to prepare healthy meals. Their house rent is very high, and some face transportation issues.
So, these were the reasons that they provided, and because of this, they were eating things that were not nutritious for them.
Instead of eating nutritious food, they ate from fast-food restaurants and frozen foods like fries, burgers, etc.
So, they were buying the cheapest food available. But the thing is, this type of food is really bad for their health
because it is highly saturated in Trans fats with a very low amount of protein and a high amount of cheap carbs.
Cheap food is available everywhere, and the main thing is, they don’t realize it at that time.
The interesting thing about this study is that all of the people who were food insecure were more likely to experience
adverse effects from mental health problems and physical health problems. That’s obviously common sense.
If you don’t eat healthily, it’ll affect you mentally as well as physically. You’ve also noticed that students here feel anxiety,
depression, and are facing many mental health problems. If you don’t know, Balraj also works in a hospital,
and he told me that there are a lot of students facing anxiety issues in their 20s.
Mental health has been highlighted a lot in recent years, and the pandemic highlighted it a lot, but it shouldn’t be happening.
But not a single YouTuber is talking about it. So, Balraj, that was about mental health, but
how can a person realize that they're getting physically weak as these things aren’t noticeable at first?
But, what are the things that one can notice about physical health?
Now, here’s the shocking truth: no one talks about it on YouTube or anywhere else.
This is the most important thing, which is the health of the students like us, which is severely getting deuterated day by day.
We also don’t realize this because our symptoms feel very common to us. We think that these are some common symptoms,
and we don’t need to worry about them. But these symptoms are the gateways to major problems like diabetes, heart attack, and stroke.
So, you should stay healthy from the beginning, but if you encounter something, get it checked as soon as possible.
Let’s take the example of females first. So, I’ve seen many times and you might’ve also seen in your friend's circle that
female international students are suffering from PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome).
In this, their menstrual cycles are very irregular and they think that they have come into a new environment,
so that’s why they are facing issues and they don’t take it seriously. So, because of PCOS, the male hormones called androgens in a female increase.
Because of this, you can see their facial hair growth, and they say that this is because of the waxing and all.
But the main problem behind it is their diet. So, this is about females. Now, I’ll talk about males.
In males, there’s a very low testosterone level. When you come here, you might have to take a medical test.
There will be a significant difference between your testosterone level in that medical test and your current testosterone level.
So, our testosterone level is getting low because of our bad health. Stress and lack of sleep are two major contributors to low testosterone levels.
They also suffer hair loss, which is very common nowadays. People say that the water didn’t suit you.
It contains chlorine, fluorine, etc. One should take care of their diet, and no one is talking about it.
So, because of all this, our grades and mental health get affected, and we can’t do extra co-curricular activities.
All of this can be the reason for a major health problem. The thing is, all of this is happening, but no one is addressing it.
Not a single student is talking about this. I’m not referring to any particular YouTuber; everyone is doing their work.
So, Balraj messaged me that we should address this issue. Balraj did this research, and I’ll say that he did a great job and also studied it.
If you want to know more about it, you can check out their channel, and I know you’ll love it.
So let’s talk about what the next steps are to fix all of these issues. So, if we keep on living like this, we’ll face some serious issues.
We are at the peak of our young age and if we face these symptoms at this age, it’ll be difficult for us in our 30s or 40’s when we must be physically fit.
So Balraj, tell us the solutions to all these issues that students are facing. Before that, I’ll discuss the reasons why they are food insecure.
The first thing is that they don’t have time to prepare the food. I’ll say that if you are living here and you don’t have time to cook food for yourself,
then it’ll be a waste of life. Akshit eats homemade food. I have two jobs: a side business and a YouTube channel,
but I still prepare most of my food at home. So, if you’re an international student and you only have to do your studies and job,
then you can easily do it. It’s true, and I know there are a lot of times when you’re unable to prepare items.
So, you should go for easy-to-prepare meals that don’t take enough time. For breakfast, you can have some oats, boiled eggs, and bananas.
So, search for easy-to-prepare meals and follow them. The second thing that people say is that they have low skills.
For that, you have a lot of YouTube videos and recipes that you can follow. Speaking of house rent and transportation,
I’ll suggest you live in a shared apartment if you want your rent to be reduced. If you’re living in a place with a rent of $300-500,
consider a shared place so that you can save some money for your food. Obviously, you have to pay for your rent, phone bills, and food,
as these are the main things you need. I’ll suggest you eat outside at least 1-2 times per week.
Also, you can get a tiffin service available to you, but it’s not good for long-term use. I tried a tiffin service for 1.5 months,
and I left because it was the same thing again and again. You can eat the meals prepared by you.
So, these are some things that you can focus on. People also say that they face issues with transportation, mainly during the winter.
So, you can use the instacart app, which has a $100 subscription, and I personally use it.
You can order groceries anytime from this app. Excuses are there, obviously, and I also did that in my time.
But, I discussed it with him in detail, and he told me that there are things that matter a lot.
There were solutions, according to the research. But, we’ll suggest you learn to cook in India
because you’ll save a lot of money here because of that. Since food is the second biggest expense one has here,
I prepared a video on the most important skills you need, and I discussed cooking in it. Everyone thinks of getting jobs here,
but if you learn to cook for 1.5 months, it’ll be better for you as you'll be able to save a lot of money.
So, make sure to take care of all these things. It was a different topic, and I never thought of making a video on it,
but he approached me, so I decided to do it. Also, check out his channel, where you’ll get more detailed information.
If you want detailed knowledge about what, how, and when to eat, you can check out my channel as I want to help international students.
So, I hope you enjoyed the video, and if you did, like the video, subscribe to the channel and stay tuned for more upcoming videos.
Till then, take care, bye-bye guys, and have a good one.