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Watch What You Eat to Avoid ER This Thanksgiving
02:58PM / Tuesday, November 25, 2014
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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — According to Dee Dee Rintoul, director of the Emergency Department at Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington, the most common reason for Thanksgiving ER visits are indigestion and gall bladder issues from all the rich food.

So Deb Coons and Robert Hoechster, who run Fairview's Operation Better Start and Mindfulness Based Eating Programs, have offered five ways to avoid indigestion and those unwanted extra pounds this holiday season:

1. Only eat when you are hungry. If you’re not physically hungry, consider if you feel like eating social reasons. If it’s because you’re stressed, skip the treat and try venting to a friend.

2. Stop when you are full. Pay attention to sensations that signal you that you are beginning to feel full and decide when you want to stop eating.

3. Develop your  “Inner Gourmet.” Don’t waste your appetite on Auntie Susie’s green bean casserole if you don’t love it!  Choose your food carefully. Save your calories for the food you actually want.

4. Take smaller bites. You only have taste buds on your tongue, so don’t lose the flavor in your teeth and cheeks by taking huge bites. Take smaller bites and taste that pie for all it’s got!

5. Ditch the guilt: We all know that guilt leads to more eating.  Fairview Hospital’s Operation Better Start Program refers to it as the “I blew it effect.” So when you make the choice to eat something, fully commit to it and allow yourself to really enjoy it.

 

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