Healthy for the Holidays/Reducing Stress

With the holiday season here, along with it comes the usual temptations-desserts, creamy casseroles-along with the anxiety and the stress that goes along with the holiday season.

Starting with food, an important tip to keep in mind when doing holiday food shopping-read food labels!  Look to buy and prepare foods with more monounsatured and polyunsaturated fats like canola, olive,soybean and sunflower oils, and less trans and saturated fats. Remember, trans fats are contained in partially hydrogenated oils, 

so try to avoid foods listing partially hydrogenated oils as an ingredient.

Try acquiring these 10 healthy habits for a less stressful holiday season and beyond.

* Talk with family and friends regularly
* Engage in daily physical activity
* Accept the things you cannot change
* Remember to laugh
* Give up bad habits 

* Slow down

* Get enough sleep
* Get organized
* Practice giving back-volunteer
* Try not to worry  

Enjoy a healthy, stress free holiday season and New Year. You deserve it!