{"id":75312,"date":"2016-11-20T10:21:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T15:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=75312"},"modified":"2016-11-18T23:27:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-19T04:27:34","slug":"tips-for-a-healthier-holiday-season-from-american-heart-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=75312","title":{"rendered":"Tips for a Healthier Holiday Season from American Heart Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=75313\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-75313\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-75313\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Holiday-Healthy-Eating-Guide-2016-cover-image-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"holiday-healthy-eating-guide-2016-cover-image\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Holiday-Healthy-Eating-Guide-2016-cover-image-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Holiday-Healthy-Eating-Guide-2016-cover-image-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Holiday-Healthy-Eating-Guide-2016-cover-image-400x618.jpg 400w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Holiday-Healthy-Eating-Guide-2016-cover-image.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a>Free Healthy Holiday Eating Guide Available<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As we prepare to gather with family and friends this holiday season, the American Heart\u00a0Association reminds us that we can make smart recipe substitutions to keep our holiday\u00a0meals\u2014and the people we love\u2014healthier. Over-indulging in traditional holiday foods can add\u00a0extra pounds to our waistlines, and increase our risk for obesity, diabetes, heart disease and\u00a0stroke.<\/p>\n<p>More than 60% of Americans are overweight or obese, according to the AHA, so getting to and maintaining a healthy weight is important during the holidays and year round. The AHA\u00a0recommends making small but impactful lifestyle changes to prevent heart disease and stroke,\u00a0the nation\u2019s number one and four killers. Studies show that more than 80% of heart disease can\u00a0be prevented with simple lifestyle changes like quitting smoking, exercising 30 minutes <!--more-->most\u00a0days of the week and eating healthier.<\/p>\n<p>The American Heart Association says the first step is to determine your daily calorie intake with\u00a0an app or online calculator, then adjust your daily calories into the healthy range. A good place\u00a0to start is by eating more fruits and vegetables which are low in calories and high in nutrition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of the traditional foods served during the holidays can be healthy \u2013 the trick is to not load on the butter, sodium and sugar,\u201d said registered dietitian Pat Salzer, who is a workplace\u00a0wellness consultant at Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and a former member of the American\u00a0Heart Association advisory board in Utica. \u201cAdd color and nutrition to your plate with seasonal\u00a0squash, roasted vegetables and fruit-based desserts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All of the holiday parties and dinners can throw off your healthy lifestyle goals. The American\u00a0Heart Association is offering its annual Holiday Healthy Eating Guide to help people navigate\u00a0the holiday season in a healthy way. The 13-page free guide has tips, recipes and resources to\u00a0help maintain a healthy lifestyle during the busy holiday season. The guide is available free\u00a0online at www.bit.ly\/AHAHolidayGuide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free Healthy Holiday Eating Guide Available As we prepare to gather with family and friends this holiday season, the American Heart\u00a0Association reminds us that we can make smart recipe substitutions to keep our holiday\u00a0meals\u2014and the people we love\u2014healthier. Over-indulging in traditional holiday foods can add\u00a0extra pounds to our waistlines, and increase our risk for obesity, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}