Nutrition Made Easy
5 Best (and Worst) Holiday Foods
Know healthiest choices and worst offenders on the holiday table. By Katherine Brooking MS, RD
Healthy Holiday Guide
We love the holidays, but we know they can be a nutritional minefield. Temptations lurk everywhere. Those extra calories add
up to an average weight gain of about a pound during the festivities between Thanksgiving and New Year's, studies show. That
may not sound like much, but if it becomes a yearly tradition, the years can pack on the pounds.
Don't let that curb your merriment, though. There are plenty of good-for-you foods lurking in between the calorie bombs. Here's
our guide to good-for-you holiday dishes…and foods you'll want to avoid.


