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Today is called Black Friday here in the US. It is the day after Thanksgiving which officially kicks off the Christmas season. If you are thinking about health, yesterday started a 5 week stretch of health destroying festivities.

The Holiday season, at least here in the US, is a time of joy, happiness, and lots and lots of food and parties. I saw something the other day that the average Thanksgiving meal consists of about 3,000 calories. Wow. As if that isn’t bad enough, we will spend the next 5 weeks having parties, eating Christmas cookies, fudge, and fruit cake, and snacking on high calorie holiday goodness.

It is no wonder that so many people gain weight during the Holidays then get sick. Our bodies just can’t handle all that crap.

I know you can’t escape some of the high calorie goodness, but if you can make some good choices in there, you will be much better off. Find some healthy snacks and habits you can still do during the holidays and you will minimize the damage. Me, I am going to try to drink lots of water and snack on something healthy like pistachios. I also plan to do a better job of taking the health supplements I take.

Hopefully this holiday season won’t come with an extra 5 pounds. Enjoy the season. Your health doesn’t have to be as black as Black Friday . . . lol.

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