8 nutrition mistakes during holydays

Fear of fat gaining can destroy the holyday mood. The truth is that there is nothing to worry about! According to a study, the average dinner contains about 3,000 calories. Read and learn how you can avoid these 8 errors during the meal, which can lead to upload extra pounds.
 
Mistake # 1: Everything is allowed during holidays

Christmas party is a great occasion and the holyday mood is a prerequisite for poor control and motivation. Many people overeat with the delicious food during winter, convince themselves that they are allowed, because this is special. This attitude is a prerequisite to adding thousands of extra calories in your plate. It is important, that this will not become a trend.
 
Mistake # 2: Large plates

The standard size of the plates is gradually increasing in recent years. If you use large dishes for dinner, and for small appetizers and salads, you'll probably eat quite a large amount of high-calorie food. Restrict yourself to the choice of three dishes for a meal and try to remain visible part of the plate under the food. It should have a layer of food, not a mountain.
 
Mistake # 3: Do not consume fiber

Besides support digestive function, non-caloric fiber provide better control appetite by increasing satiety and regulate blood sugar levels. Most traditional holyday dishes such as cake, cookies, candy and pies contain no fiber, which is a prerequisite for overeating.

Add fiber into your diet - you can replace mashed potatoes with roasted sweet potatoes. Rich sources of fiber include cooked vegetables, beans, artichokes, broccoli, avocados and berries.
 
Mistake # 4: Too lots of butter

During the holidays, butter consumption of one can reach three packets. Adding a tablespoon of butter to the mashed potatoes and meat roll - both of which may already contain fat - will provide you with almost 100% of the daily limit saturated fat.
 
Mistake # 5: Eat too much sauces

Adding sauce to Christmas turkey, you can almost double the calorie content per serving white turkey meat. Sauce with cheeses contains 230 calories per 60 grams.
 
Mistake # 6: Always adding topping

Sweet toppings and dressings contain realy a lot of calories and few nutrients. Food can be tasty enough without additives.
 
Mistake # 7: Slightly main dish and a huge dessert

The amount of calories in some desserts can easily exceed the content of calories in main dishes. A piece of pie, for example, will provide you about the same amount of calories that you can swallow with a serving of turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy! Just limit yourself to half portion.
 
Mistake # 8: Too much alcohol

Besides ingesting large amounts of calories from food during the holidays, people often absorb additional ones with different sweet drinks such as Eggnog, cocktails and wine. This has a negative impact on blood sugar and appetite. In addition, the alcohol contains more calories per gram than carbohydrates, proteins or fats, and also it slows down the metabolism.
 
Have a wonderful Christmas holidays, but be careful with the calories!