Healthy Eating for the Holidays

We singles are always watching out nutrition, yes? It's for sure we can't enjoy emotional health if we let our physical health decline. With all the emotional turmoil of the holidays, remember your exercise routine, and get those healthy foods. Also, we recommend you add a good neutraceutical especially at this time of year. Try ARBONNE's DefenseBuilder or Get Well Soon Dietary Supplement. Scientifically proven to nutritionally support your immune system.
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Here are some tips about holiday eating that's good for you. It was sent to me by email, so I don't know whom to credit.

HEALTHY EATING FOR THE HOLIDAYS

With all the focus on how not to gain weight, and what not to eat over the
holidays, the wonderful nutrition in holiday foods often gets overlooked. If
you want to celebrate all the healthy reasons to eat this holiday, take a
look below to see the cornucopia of nutritional goodies our traditional
foods bring to the table.

1. Pumpkin: Pumpkin is a remarkably healthy ingredient, providing 3 1/2
times the recommended daily allowance of vitamin A and a lot of fiber per
half-cup serving. Pureed pumpkin lends itself to healthy cooking. It can,
like applesauce and prune puree, replace fat in baked goods without giving
them a rubbery texture.

2. Roast Turkey: Serve up three ounces of skinless turkey breast and you get
a whopping 20 grams of protein with practically no fat. All that and only
100 calories. Plus you fill 25 percent of your daily need for niacin and
vitamin B6.

3. Sweet Potatoes: Ounce for ounce, they have as much beta-carotene as
carrots. A mere four ounces contain 50 percent of your daily requirement of
vitamin C, as much potassium as a banana and a good amount of fiber. All
this adds up to one terrific disease-fighting food!

4. Cranberry Relish: There's a substance in cranberries that helps prevent
urinary tract infections by interfering with the ability of bacteria to
adhere to cell membranes. Cranberries also contain a potentially
cancer-preventing compound called ellagic acid. Make a fresh
orange-cranberry relish and get added benefit from the vitamin C in oranges.

5. Potatoes: Whether mashed or in latkes, potatoes are good food. They
contain loads of vitamin C and potassium, plus fiber, iron, copper and
plenty of B vitamins. Boiling potatoes will destroy some of the vitamin C
and dissolve some of the rest of it into the cooking water. To help preserve
the vitamin C content, use some of the cooking water instead of milk or
cream when mashing them.

6. Figgy Pudding: Figs help make the pudding a nutritional gold mine. They
are a good source of potassium, calcium, magnesium and niacin, plus they
have a natural laxative effect.

7. Eggnog: Choose only the low-fat variety and enjoy a holiday tradition
while getting a good amount of protein and some calcium. (Just be sure not
to drink too much, since there's still lots of sugar and calories in even
the low-fat version.)

And if you're going to make cookies, try this favorite recipe of mine. I think it kept us all healthy last year. It's just LOADED with oranges and lemon, skin included. Grating the peel, you get this intoxicating SPRAY of orange zest. Yum!

SUSAN'S ORANGE COOKIES

2 c. sugar
1 c. shortening
2 eggs
1 c. milk
4 c. flour
2 t. baking powder
1 t. soda
juice and grated rind of 1 orange

Blend sugar, shortening and eggs. Add milk. Combine dry ingredients and add. Add juice and rind. Drop by t. on greased sheet. Bake 8-10 mins. at 350.

ICING (a must!)

grated rind of 1 orange
3 T. orange juice
1 T. melon juice
1 T. butter
Powdered sugar to desired consistency, about 1 lb. Drizzel heavily over top.

Enjoy! To your health!