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Cheating on your diet this Holiday Season?
From decadent dinners to sinful snacks, the holiday season offers a bounty of culinary temptations. According to an Udi’s Healthy Foods poll, 43 percent of British Columbians surveyed will abandon their diet altogether.
If you are following a weight loss plan or trying to keep your cholesterol in check, cheating at the odd party is not going to kill you. However, if you have lactose intolerance, diabetes or celiac disease, the consequences can be painful and often quite serious.
The poll found that British Columbians will handle their dietary challenges this season by the following:
- Abandon their diet completely 43%
- Eat as little as possible at the holiday event 35%
- Eat before going to the holiday event 8%
- Bring their own food 3%
- Avoid the event all together 2%
Strategies and Tips:
If you are the host, know your guests, ask them for recipes or to bring a dish that they can eat, offer variety and serve some items plain without sauces.
If you are the guest, offer to bring a dish you can eat, try to have a little something before you go
Hidden sources of Holiday Gluten
Gravy packages
Packaged Stuffing
Cranberry sauce
Pie filling
Pre-mixed spices and herbs
Broth and soup stock
Deli meat
Candied nuts
Eggnog and cocktail mixes
Candy and candy canes
Tips for lactose intolerance: use lactose free milk in recipes, serve some hard cheese on the cheese plate as it is lower in lactose, offer soy ice cream for dessert instead of ice cream and non-dairy creamer for coffee.
Tips for Gluten free: use Udi’s gluten free baguette for crostini, try Udi’s Chia bread in stuffing and use corn starch as a thickener for your gravy.