Thanksgiving: A time for healthful eating?
Thanksgiving: the start of holiday feasting and the source of January guilt. Could there be something redeeming about those delicious calorie-loaded items piled on the table? Yes. The traditional Thanksgiving menu is actually replete with healthful foods.... ...Here is a sampling of recent research findings about the benefits of some favorite Thanksgiving dishes. These highlights were gathered fr...There's more than just a bountiful feast to be thankful for at Thanksgiving. From the main course to dessert, the traditional Thanksgiving meal is stuffed with healthy food choices, particularly those rich in disease-fighting antioxidants. Here is a sampling of recent research findings about the health benefits of some favorite foods featured on many Thanksgiving menus. The highlights are gathere...With Thanksgiving just around the corner, here are some tips from the American Chemical Society, the worlds largest scientific society, on the some of the science behind holiday foods:... ... An antioxidant comparison of some of the most common fruits found that the little red berry in its pure form contained the highest quantity of disease-fighting phenols, a type of antioxidant that is thou...