For Salve Students, Super Bowl Sunday means “heartburn galore”

By: McKenzie Bryan, Meredith Hagan, Renee Pelletier, Erica Pistorino, Amber Roderick, and Briana Scafidi
Posted In: Sports

Super Bowl time is right around the corner and with that comes the time for excessive snacking. According to USA Today, Super Bowl watchers will consume 30 million pounds of junk food on Super Bowl Sunday.

Salve students asked about their snacking habits during the Feb. 5 contest all said that the temptation to eat much more than usual is one that’s hard to ignore. And many admitted to indulging in far more food than they knows is good for them.

Ian Quinn, a junior at Salve, reports that he will be spending his Super Bowl Sunday at his on-campus apartment with his friends. He says that although he does not watch the Super Bowl every year, he will be enjoying his usual snacks of Doritos, pretzels, and pizza, but he’ll probably have more of them for this occasion.

Salve senior Dave Zannelli, interviewed at his job in Salve’s Safety and Security Office, also reported that he will be eating more snacks than usual at a Super Bowl party off-campus. (Zannelli’s co-workers chimed in their personal preferences of chicken wings and Budweiser.) Buffalo wings, nachos, pizza, Doritos, and chips with ranch dip were several of Zannelli’s favorite Super Bowl snacks.

Matt Dell, 19, said that he would eat large amounts of Cooler Ranch Doritos, as well as Pepsi, and other unhealthy beverages. Normally, the health-conscious freshman takes in nothing unhealthier than a Quaker granola bar.

Bryan Amritt, 17, also admitted to more hedonistic eating habits on the day of the football championship. His examples of junk food included Lay’s Potato chips, pretzels, and several types of chicken wings, including barbeque, buffalo, and spicy-hot, as well as the appropriate vast amounts of soda.

Other Salve students admit they enjoy the Super Bowl but say they will still try to maintain healthier eating habits even while surrounded by peers who take in so many fats and calories.

Samatha Vilme, 19, said that she would enjoy the game, but would attempt to limit her snacking, citing that she wishes to stay healthy. Vilme, a freshman, normally snacks on carrots with vegetable dip.

Freshman Kristina Peterson won’t let the Super Bowl derail her eating habits either. Pointing to the shelf of food in her Miley Hall Room, Person said she planned to eat her normal Special-K Bars and Crasins while she watches the Super Bowl. She also stated that instead of soda, she would probably be drinking juice.

Peterson says she probably wouldn’t watch the Super Bowl, but she has to for a marketing class she is taking so her snacking won’t be effected much for the day. She even jokes that she “might do some yoga in between kick offs.”

Another student who shares Peterson lack of interest in the game is freshman international student Yoshiro Masuhaga. He says he’s not sure if he is going to watch the Super Bowl, but if he does, he will probably watch it with friends in his Salve dorm.

His favorite American snacks are popcorn and Sun chips and he says if he watches the Super Bowl, then those will be his preferred snacks, which he’ll wash down with Coke and Fanta.