Turkey Day Healthy Alternatives
Are not we all looking forward to Thanksgiving Day? Turkey, cranberry sauce, gravy, green beans, and who does not like the joke? These traditional Thanksgiving meals are delicious and satisfying, but how much stuffing is too much?
During a Thanksgiving meal, a person consumes about 3000 calories ... In a single meal! Throughout Thanksgiving, that number jumps to about 4,500 calories. To burn those calories, a person would have to run for four hours or walk 30 miles to burn his Thanksgiving meal. So how can we control the amount of calories consumed on this day of grace?
We can start by eating in moderation! Instead of eating all day, which can add up to a considerable amount of calories and unwanted fat, save your desires for dinner with the family. You can also change some (not all) Thanksgiving recipes include ingredients with less fat. For example, use low fat milk in mashed potatoes and avoid eating the turkey skin.
Did you know?
- Thanksgiving was originally supposed to be a day of fasting and through
- in 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried to make Thanksgiving one week earlier in the hope that it would stimulate retail sales during the Great depression
- A Thanksgiving leftover surplus in 1953 created the first TV dinner
delicious Thanksgiving Substitutes
Lighten the load with these delicious Thanksgiving options
- instead of candied yams, try the frozen sweet potatoes and reduce the sugar in your meal
- Mash choice sympathetic heart, like butternut squash, which has a sufficient dose of dietary fiber
- Stuff your turkey with meat stuffing least
- CHOOSE entire rolls for dinner grain reduce your risk stroke, diabetes and heart disease
- Make your own cranberry sauce instead of buying a box, which can hold up to 105 grams of sugar
- Try base sauce vegetables
- Enjoy a pumpkin "cheese" vegan cake for dessert
Visit Shape.com for healthier recipes
Sources : US Department of Health & Human services, LiveStrong.com, TIME, National Institutes of Health, LifeWork EAP strategies and Adventist HealthCare. The HealthTip of the week is for educational purposes. For medical advice, consult your doctor. Feel free to copy and distribute this health resource.
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