While it probably seems like there aren’t enough hours in a president’s day to focus on personal wellness, the practice is exactly what will make a person equipped to perform the role to their best. President Obama’s most recently released health records, for example, reveal that he’s in great shape and has even lowered his cholesterol during his presidency. His healthy diet and exercise regimen surely help him serve the country every day.
If we want our chairwoman to be smart, responsible and effective, we need them to be well-rested, properly fed and endorphined-up from a good workout. All three of these measures of health can help keep the time-pressed and super-stressed from cracking under pressure.
We’ve reviewed the six remaining presidential candidates’ health habits for clues as to how they might keep up their wellness routines while living in the White House( the gig does, after all, come with a personal chef and trainer ). See their habits below. Do you think any of them involve makeovers? Let us know in the comments section.
Hillary Clinton: Hot peppers and brisk strolls
Alissa Scheller
Food
Clinton’s diet isn’t as strict as her mostly-vegan husband’s; her regimen has no labels and is made use of common sense. Clinton’s aides said her rule of thumb is “If it appears bad for you, it probably is, ” the Associated Press reported.
One of the Democratic presidential hopeful’s particular obsessions is peppers: she munches on raw jalapenos. In fact, one aide said “she ate them like potato chips” during her 2008 campaign. It’s also been reported that she keeps hot sauce in her suitcase( swag ). And Clinton might be on to something: Spicy foods may help with weight loss and can lower a person’s hazard for heart disease by reducing levels of bad cholesterol. She’s also been known to chow down on Boca Burgers, which are vegetarian soy-based protein patties.
Moves
Yoga and water aerobics are her exercisings of option, Clinton told People magazine in 2014. She’ll take brisk strolls when those options aren’t available.
Sleep
Clinton seems to know sleep is important, but admits she’s short on it. “Don’t get enough of it, always want more of it, ” she told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell. Back in January, she told talk display host Jimmy Fallon that she can “sleep on command” and takes 10 -minute sleeps whenever possible. Smart move, though we hope her automatic sleep isn’t an expression of the results of sleep deprivation.
Sanders is not your average sedentary American. He’s old-fashioned in the sense that he chops his own wood and does his own grocery shopping, which induces it seem that he’s engaged in physical activity more frequently than the plenty of us. In high school, young Sanders was a track superstar. According to his medical records, he’s in “very good health” and eats alcohol “infrequently.”
Sleep
Sanders sleep routine is apparently kept undercover( s ). What we do know is that he doesn’t reached the snooze button, which is a good habit to stick with for the purposes of the productivity.
Ted Cruz: A serious snooze-button dependency and no guacamole
Alissa Scheller
Food
You can stimulate Ted Cruz happy with a pint of Guinness and beef enchiladas, but make sure to leave the avocado behind. “I hate avocado, ” he told the Des Moines Register. “It’s the only food I detest, and I dislike it passionately.”
Health food isn’t one of the Republican candidate’s talking points. Cruz has few reservations about undoing first lady Michelle Obama’s work building school lunches healthier. At a rally in Iowa, Cruz said if elected, he would bring french fries back to the cafeteria. He also said he would not fund gluten-free options for the military.
Moves
According to one fitness site, Cruz runs, lifts weight and sometimes plays basketball. He wears a Fitbitand likes to walk during his telephone call, CBS reported. While it’s unclear whether he bows his head in namaste himself, Cruz is selling a $35 American-made yoga mat on his campaign site.
Sleep
Cruz is a night owl, according to his wife Heidi. He tends to eat dinner around 10 p.m ., is known to be more energetic in the afternoon and is hardly a morning person. He told The Skimm that he’s got a relationship with the snooze button. “It is a bad habit I have had my whole life, ” he said. “When I was in college, my college roommates super glued the catnap button down so that I couldn’t hit snooze again.”
Marco Rubio: GSP( Gym, Sleep, Pizza ) Alissa Scheller
In December of last year Trump told People that he had dropped 15 pounds on the campaign trail because of a lack of appetite. Instead, he said, he often only snacks.
Moves
His main kind of exert is talking a lot, apparently: “I never thought it, but speaking is almost a sort of exercising, ” Trump told People. “It’s very exhilarating. Last night I was in Knoxville for 12,000 people. When you are speaking to 12,000 great people, you don’t feel like eating.”
As for more traditional exert, Trump golfs. He says while some people might not consider it to be workout, “It holds you away from the refrigerator because you’re out on the course.”
Trump is a classifiable sleep shamer. He credits his success to being awake most of the day: The candidate sleeps for only three to four hours each night.