Grotefend says a regular routine of exercise throughout the year can help offset a little excess during the holidays. By K.W. Harp Herald Staff Writer Experts say common sense during the next couple of weeks will keep the waist measurements steady and prevent the heart from pumping blood drowning in sugar. Holiday vacations and Christmas sweets, coupled with the final week of NFL football, are followed by the playoffs and college bowl games. Others insist there is no excuse to gorge on battalions of gingerbread men. It just doesn t make sense.
Experts say that some treats are OK as long as they are coupled with moderation and exercise.
As long as you re not doing it all the time, it s not going to shock you. It just can t be a part of your regular routine. By all means, have everything. Just have a little bit of everything. Much of the food at the holiday dinner table may not be bad for you, Grotefend added, but the things that go on top of that food gravy and butter wreak havoc inside the body.