This advice from doctors will surely bring joy to everyone's heart: Ditch the diet and eat everything in the plate. However, just make sure to maintain one's weight during the holiday season.
Julia Renee Zumpano, RD, LD, registered dietitian, said refusing "temptations" spread all over the table during holidays could be difficult for Americans, particularly for those on a weight-loss regimen and strict dieting. So she just recommends that people just try to keep their current weight, as opposed to focusing on losing weight.
Health experts always remind Americans to drink and eat in moderation during Christmas season to control the swelling incidence of lifestyle-related illnesses like diabetes, strokes, and heart attacks. A 2014 research revealed that death rates in America from stroke and heart attack tend to spike during holidays, with the largest blips arising on Christmas season, Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, the Advisory Board has learned. These makes the holiday merriments in country "bad for the health" of Americans.
Maintaining an optimum health is essential also in avoiding obesity, which is a risk element for having diabetes - among the top 10 leading causes of death in America, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In fact, in 2014 alone, a total of 29.1 million people or 9.3 percent of the population in the United States have diabetes.
Health experts said Americans could prevent from having diabetes or provoking their condition particularly during the holiday season - when fat-laden and sugary foods typically flooded - by giving up the habit of alcohol and smoking, and start exercising as well as maintaining a healthy weight. They enumerated ways to keep one's weight without depriving oneself of all the merrymaking, partying and right foods during holiday seasons.
Use just small plate whenever eating as the mind will think of it full no matter what the size of the plate is. Never skip meals as this might cause extreme hunger.
When eating in a buffet, get a small amount of several foods served instead of dumping so many foods in one plate. For each glass of soft drink or alcohol, gulp a glass of clean water.
Lastly, never forget to exercise and have enough sleep. Lack of exercise and sleep can contribute substantially to weight increase.
Holiday seasons are mainly celebrated to reunite with friends and family as well as to celebrate precious and good moments. Enjoying delightful and delicious foods is part of the celebration; however, it must not be the central focus.
