How Many Pounds Did You Get for Christmas?

How can anyone not gain weight during the holiday season? Starting with the national binge day, Thanksgiving, the country seems to be in a whirlwind of feasting and drinking. Or at least it seems that way... Stores typically selling shoes or sheets now feature shelves full of imported cakes, candies, nuts, jams, processed meats and cheeses all seemingly encased in hard to remove plastic wrap, as well as fancy liquors whose bottles resembling perfume jars. Going into a home goods store the other day in search of a potato grater (mine seems to have disappeared), I had to avert my eyes from these food displays, feeling my blood cholesterol rising simply by walking past them. Healthy recipes featured on the Food Network, morning television shows and magazines will not appear until the beginning of the new year. Kale salads and quinoa somehow do not have the same appeal as sugar-coated pecans, pork roast wrapped with bacon, the ubiquitous sausage, egg and cheese casseroles, or spinach pureed with heavy cream. And as with the menu for Thanksgiving, the holiday tables, be they set for dinner or a party, must have more food than could possibly be consumed by the guests. Eating special foods on holidays, and indeed eating much more than normal on holidays, is a very old tradition. The meals were special in large part because they were so different from the sparse and often nutritionally inadequate foods people ate during the rest of the year. Protein-rich foods such as meat, chicke...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news