4/ The Ugly: The worst risk behind a "massive cheatday" on Thanksgiving is allowing ourselves to drift back to long abandoned unhealthy habits. Breaking your strict diet to overindulge can weaken your willpower on the following day. The so-called "what the hell effect" occurs…
4/ The Ugly:
The worst risk behind a "massive cheatday" on Thanksgiving is allowing ourselves to drift back to long abandoned unhealthy habits.
Breaking your strict diet to overindulge can weaken your willpower on the following day. The so-called "what the hell effect" occurs…
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3.ii/ Healthy and festive Thanksgiving meal + A healthier Turkey feast + A perfect Mediterranean Thanksgiving
3.ii/ Healthy and festive Thanksgiving meal
+ A healthier Turkey feast + A perfect Mediterranean Thanksgiving
3.ii.a/ Make a Healthier Turkey Feast 1. The Turkey: Conventional Way: That golden-brown bird looks innocent enough, but it’s often slathered in butter, salt, and stuffed with high-carb fillers. The skin is basically a crispy fat jacket. Why It’s Unhealthy: Overloading on…
3.ii.a/ Make a Healthier Turkey Feast
1. The Turkey:
Conventional Way: That golden-brown bird looks innocent enough, but it’s often slathered in butter, salt, and stuffed with high-carb fillers. The skin is basically a crispy fat jacket.
Why It’s Unhealthy: Overloading on…
3.ii.b/ A Mediterranean Thanksgiving Feast A mediterranean diet would be a much healthier option and equally enjoyable option for a festive Thanksgiving meal. See my subsequent post on why I'm eating for Thanksgiving.
3.ii.b/ A Mediterranean Thanksgiving Feast
A mediterranean diet would be a much healthier option and equally enjoyable option for a festive Thanksgiving meal.
See my subsequent post on why I'm eating for Thanksgiving.
2/ The Good - Study after study indicates that the lack of social and family connections associated with increased morbidity and shortens both healthspan and lifespan. Ref (1) Ref (2) Feasting with family and friends is a universal language of fostering human connections, with…
2/ The Good - Study after study indicates that the lack of social and family connections associated with increased morbidity and shortens both healthspan and lifespan. Ref (1) Ref (2)
Feasting with family and friends is a universal language of fostering human connections, with…
3/ The Bad - we have established that communal feasting in of itself is good for us. It is what and how much we eat that can be the problem. The average American consumes up to 4500 calories on Thanksgiving day Ref (4), while egregious for health, depending on gender and…
3/ The Bad - we have established that communal feasting in of itself is good for us. It is what and how much we eat that can be the problem.
The average American consumes up to 4500 calories on Thanksgiving day Ref (4), while egregious for health, depending on gender and…
3.i/ Thanksgiving meal timing: eat your thanksgiving meal earlier in the day to ensure proper digestion and minimal interference with your sleep and activity on Thanksgiving Friday. Thanksgiving feast setup: make sure you have a comfortable atmosphere (do not overinvite people…
3.i/
Thanksgiving meal timing: eat your thanksgiving meal earlier in the day to ensure proper digestion and minimal interference with your sleep and activity on Thanksgiving Friday.
Thanksgiving feast setup: make sure you have a comfortable atmosphere (do not overinvite people…
It's Thanksgiving. Most are getting ready to overindulge in the unholy triad of excessive salt, sugar, & saturated fats. The ave American will eat 4,500 calories, gain .4 lbs of fat and wreck aging damage. Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly and how you can survive. 🧵
It's Thanksgiving. Most are getting ready to overindulge in the unholy triad of excessive salt, sugar, & saturated fats.
The ave American will eat 4,500 calories, gain .4 lbs of fat and wreck aging damage.
Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly and how you can survive. 🧵
1/ The Good: feasting together with family and community with a sense of belonging are aspects of a longer healthier life. The Bad: overindulging for a massive cheat day, wrecking your digestion and sleep for the following night, and feeling too lazy on the following day. The…
1/ The Good: feasting together with family and community with a sense of belonging are aspects of a longer healthier life.
The Bad: overindulging for a massive cheat day, wrecking your digestion and sleep for the following night, and feeling too lazy on the following day.
The…
