It’s a miracle that we survive Christmas every year. Nutritionists make holidays white hair grow. Because on se three days of year we stuff ourselves full of things that make you sick, addicted and fat. A Feast of love? No, a feast of unhealthy food.

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Potato Salad with sausages – gluttony begins on Christmas Eve at noon. The eggs in mayonnaise, full of cholesterol, vessels groan! The first bite of festival days causes stroke and heart attack risk to skyrocket. And sausages? Cured, salted, smoked – bowel cancer researchers ring ir ears. After a little rest, next shock continues in evening: Christmas Goose. Those who count calories will go mad at latest. The lard drippinged under roasted goose bumps and Thuringian dumplings burstinged from carbohydrates.

Germany is Christmas bacon world champion

Food intake during holidays is so enormous that average German 800 grams of weight every year (New England Journal of Medicine: Helander et al, 2016). The creepy: half of which we will not get rid of after new Year. So Christmas makes many a bit fatter every year. And that makes you sick. By way, we Germans are Christmas Bacon world champion and eat more bacon than fat famous American for festive days on average.

Not only are we overeating – re is also stress. As soon as duck, sausages, dumplings or Köfte are eaten and presents are unpacked, we fall exhausted into sofa. But relaxation? Not really. Aunt Gerda is eir snapped, because she didn’t get Howard Carpendale CD she wanted so much, or papa gets annoyed that no one in kitchen is helping to scrub burned gravy from pots, or from Grandma Gertrude bursts Out that she chose AfD in Bundestag election. or all of it at same time. The stress causes blood pressure to rise, veins of temples throbbing. Excitement is as safe as Christmas tree balls and gingerbread. And list of stress episodes is damn long: strokes, heart attacks and possibly even osteoporosis, blood poisoning and allergies.

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The stomach wouldn’t be so full now! Orwise you could jog a lap to relieve a bit of stress. Instead, we prefer to grab cigarette box. The nicotine damages veins (stroke!) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (skin aging! Impotence!!) Hitting bronchi (lung cancer!). And of course not only smoked – no, to be in a festive mood despite all annoyance, re is also champagne, wine, beer and schnapps. And n right off in bed.

But healthy sleep is not to be thought of. At night alcohol and nicotine Rush provides for restless hours and early in morning foot tweaks: at worst, ankle of big toe is thick, warm and painful in shortest time. Am I toppled yesterday? No, it’s gout. The uric acid produced by decomposition of goose is in small, sharp crystals in joints. The residual alcohol helps to make it more slowly excreted over kidney and makes it all worse.

At latest it is clear: Christmas dinner poisons us – every year anew. Does this really have to be? We can’t find it! In order to save you all this, we have put toger a menu that is healthy all around. Superfood for Christmas. Enjoy your meal!

Christmas Eve: Konjac noodles with broccoli

Konjac noodles (almost free of calories, no carbohydrates, alkaline) – not to be confused with cognac pasta! – are made from root of devil’s tongue, which grows in East Asia. and Broccoli (Superfood! Many proteins, low carbohydrates, antioxidants, raw, better). Please salt only with potassium chloride (blood pressure friendly).

First Christmas Day: vegan millet dumplings with green cabbage salad

Fingers away from animal fats and gluten! You can order millet dumplings without milk and butter online at Fruganen Specialist shop of your choice. Kale (protects eyes!) with nuts (brain power) and gently roasted pumpkin (lets grandpa’s prostate shrink, which is good).

Second Christmas Day: stewed salmon with Shiitake mushrooms

Give yourself something to end of feast: a Piece of salmon fillet (no aquaculture, no antibiotics, many omega-3 fatty acids) and Shiitake mushrooms, which were used as a remedy during Ming Dynasty (vitamin D, prevent thrombosis).

Dessert: Cinnamon stars from Chia porridge

The vegan and gluten cinnamon stars from chia pulp (iron, calcium, fiber) sweeten m best with stevia (regulates Bluzucker, no more caries). Thus, Chiasterne are perfect alternative to sugar bombs that exist in trade.

Now let’s face it. Who needs juicy gingerbread? Or a wonderfully roasted Christmas goose and delicate venison? or carp blue with almond splinters? or duck breast with orange sauce and potato gratin?