Avoid food overindulgence by making the holidays your 'SAM'

Its ironic or maybe planned that November marks American Diabetes Month. It coincides with the holiday where many people take feast to an extreme by overindulging in the big three nutritional saboteurs: fat, sugar and salt.

The traditional basics of the Thanksgiving meal turkey, veggies and even pumpkin are relatively healthy. The problem occurs in preparation and seasoning. One photo circulating on the Internet, for example, features a turkey wrapped in bacon rendering lean poultry into a high-fat, high-sodium mess.

The day of reckoning from the overconsumption of the wrong foods always comes often with ailments such as diabetes, high blood pressure, hypertension and worse. Type 2 diabetes often is associated with inactivity and obesity. According to the American Diabetes Association:

• Nearly 26 million U.S. children and adults have diabetes.
• Another 79 million Americans have prediabetes and are at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes.
• The total national cost of diagnosed diabetes is $174 billion.

So if youve already bacon wrapped the turkey or drained the nutritional value out of the veggies by adding excessive salt and sugar whats done is done. A fat reducing overview can help you construct a clear describe of what you need to focus on to accomplish your fat burning objective if you're a starter; or serve as a reminder for these who are at an advanced or more advance step of their losing weight strategy. Applying are seven steps that can serve as guidelines for your own weight loss plan. The first thing that one must understand is that losing weight and losing fat is not the same thing. Many weight loss plans have misled people into wondering that it is the same, but most diets and weight loss plans only work by leading to a person's body to reduce more muscle tissue and water than actual body fat, more help please visit The Fat Loss Factor. We cant fix that. We can proclaim Thanksgiving and the next six weeks through the New Year as SAM: our season of attention and moderation.

We can begin today by:

Eating in moderation: Theres nothing celebratory about overeating. Even on Thanksgiving, food is still fuel for the body. We would never overfill our car with gas. We put in just enough.

Watching portion control: Just because food is placed in front of us doesnt mean we have to clean the plate. Eat some now. Store the rest as leftovers.

Hiding the salt shaker: Why add additional salt to already overseasoned foods?

Moving: After the meal, why not begin a new tradition by getting the entire family outside for a 20-minute walk around the park?

Theres no better time than now on Thanksgiving and American Diabetes Month to focus on long-term health during your SAM. Even better, if we do it today, well have a jumpstart on the folks who will wait 20 or 30 pounds heavier until Jan. 1.

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