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Nourishing Holidays
As we grow older, many of us are faced
with chronic diseases like high blood pressure, heart
disease or diabetes. We may find it harder to maintain
our youthful figures… And still, each year the Holidays
come around, luring us with their many treats, treats
that often are not very healthy for us in the long run.
Instead of feeling compelled to eat one more cookie or
sliver of pie, and then feel guilty about it, please
consider this instead. Take a few seconds to ask
yourself, “Am I really hungry for this? …How will I feel
later, if I eat this now?” Or “Do I need it right this
minute? Could I wait till later when I’m not so full?”
It will just take a few seconds and it may save you from
feeling bad for a lot longer later! And, as any thing
new you try, you will forget sometimes. Do not worry
about that! Celebrate the times you remember – Celebrate
the times you remember to take care of yourself!
As you are shopping at the bakery or
getting out your family’s favorite recipes full of
butter and sugar, ask yourself, “How can I make this
recipe a little healthier—and still taste good? What’s
important here? Is it that we have the same foods that
taste the same, or is it that we celebrate life and its
many pleasures and treasures and challenges this past
year has brought?” If that’s what the holidays are
about, then it may not matter what foods are on the
table, healthy or not. But it may matter, in the long
run, if you feel good about yourself, because you know
that taking care of your health and the health of your
loved ones is a year round commitment.
Rita Miller-Huey, M.Ed., R.D.,
L.D/N., C.L.C, Adjunct Professor at Florida
International University, Registered Dietitian, Licensed
Dietitian/Nutritionist and Certified Lifestyle
Counselor, specializes in helping people with diabetes
and personalizes nutrition education and lifestyle
enhancement strategies to individuals and groups on a
wide variety of health enhancement topics. She can be
contacted through Health Dynamics at (954) 942-3859
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