Those who spend the whole day on the computer dealing with major problems in programming, administration and development often do not have the time to optimally meet the simple needs of their own organism: It is not for nothing that most IT people find nutritional questions rather annoying and simply solve them with liters of Club Mate, large bags of chips or orders from delivery services. You don’t have to be a nutritionist to suspect that this kind of casual eating behavior is anything but ideal for the body. Lack of time and peace for balanced meals is one of the main causes of unhealthy eating.
Anyone who spends most of their time sitting at a computer, and who doesn’t get much exercise at work or in their free time, and who gets even less fresh air, actually needs a particularly balanced diet to ensure that their body is optimally nourished despite the lack of exercise and fresh air. This applies, for example, to the intake of vitamin D, the only vitamin that is produced in the body itself when the skin is exposed to sunlight. But what IT workers eat should not only be rich in important vitamins, nutrients and trace elements, but also particularly digestible. Fortunately, the modern food market has plenty of products for this – for example, to counteract the increasingly common lactose intolerance without having to do without dairy products. Soya products, for example, are now widely available as an alternative. And anyone who is tired of constantly lugging around Tetra Paks can read how to easily make the nutrient-rich alternative to cow’s milk themselves. The only disadvantage for all those who prefer to devote themselves to mental work at the computer around the clock instead of struggling with nutritional questions: A healthy diet does, of course, take a bit of time.
What makes the whole question of nutrition so annoying and time-consuming for many IT workers, in addition to the time that the food itself takes, is the shopping and preparation of it. While many computer workers therefore make deliveries from pizza delivery services and the like their main source of food, particularly resourceful nerds are looking for ways to do without time-consuming food altogether. Simplifying nutrition using powder: This is the approach of lateral thinkers like Rob Rhinehart, who is not a pleasure-seeker but a rationalist – and who consumes all the important nutrients in the form of a drink using a product he has developed himself, which he calls Soylent.
Little exercise, unhealthy posture at the computer, hardly any fresh air: typical computer workers put a lot of strain on their bodies. At least when it comes to nutrition, you should therefore make sure that you have a balanced diet. But usually the opposite is the case: IT workers often eat very one-sidedly – or even try to avoid the annoying food intake altogether.