The diet of a typical college student is rotten. Sometimes literally. Pizza, greasy burgers and fries, milkshakes, and BEER (hey, sounds like my dream diet!) — they all lead to a plethora of bad things like excess fat and poor skin. Not to mention poor overall health.

But to a bodybuilder or weight trainer, this sort of diet is a killer. You’ll never reach your goals by eating like a college student. For more about the Student Diet, read this.

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