Healthy Thanksgiving - Enjoy the holiday without ruining your diet
Thanksgiving is the time to eat and be merry. Never mind about your diet. No? Actually, you can still eat and be merry on Thanksgiving without ditching your diet.
First, let’s look at the main components of a Thanksgiving feast. There’s the turkey. Can we skip the turkey? Some people do. They have something else called a tofurky. That’s a turkey lookalike made from tofu. Is the tofurky really better for your diet than the traditional turkey? According to some nutritionists, the difference is not significant.
Get the right turkey
In the first place, as a meat, turkey is good for you. It is lean meat with little fat. Turkey is the meat of choice for some bodybuilders because it gives them lots of protein without too much fat. There are actually two kinds of turkey meat – the white meat and the dark meat. The white meat is basically the meat from the breast. The dark
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The stuffing. Yes, that’s a great source of calories. Bread and pork makes up a good part of the traditional stuffing. The bread is a carbohydrate. The pork is meat and lots of fat. Not exactly the best combination. So what’s the healthier alternative? Try using fruits and herbs for the stuffing instead. There’s a tasty recipe using apples with various herbs. There’s some bread in the recipe, too. You can improve that by using whole wheat bread. Whole wheat bread has got lots more fiber and vitamins than white bread which is actually a food stripped of a lot of nutrients for the sake of looks and taste.
Besides the turkey, there will be side dishes. Some people laden the table with side dishes made up of more meat dishes. Not a good idea for healthy eating. Cook side dishes made up of vegetables. There are many types of vegetables with different colors, tastes and textures to add a lot of variety to the table fare. Think of ways to combine green kale with white cauliflower and red
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I take the turkey and set it on the counter. Then I grab the Buttermilk White bread, freshly made by my mom. She’s like Martha Stewart, you know. She grows the wheat herself. She uses some kind of mill we have in the back yard to grind it into flour. We have a cow. She milked it herself. Then she made the buttermilk to put into the bread. Anyway, that’s off the subject.
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Most people use the same justification when it comes to eating wholesome and healthier foods. They always say that they cannot afford it, or that they don’t have the energy to cook or prepare food for the week. Well, if we have the energy to eat out six times a week, or if we can afford to spend money on fast food every day, we can easily prepare meals and eat healthy. Firstly, you want to eat lean proteins and make these a huge part of your every day diet. These lean proteins are best, because they make up most of our caloric intake and they help us get in shape. Items such as chicken breast, tilapia, turkey, and lean ground beef are all prime examples of what lean proteins are. Secondly, we should focus on our carbohydrate intake. Carbs are actually not the devil, and in most cases are actually beneficial in aiding weight loss. It is when carbohydrates are paired with saturated fats, trans fats, and sugars that they start to lose health...
Go food group gives our body heat and vitality. Foods rich in sugars and starchy foods such as rice, corn, bread, oatmeal gives our body an energy to keep us going in our daily works.