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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Olivia Langdon


Florida Alligator
THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

Livfit: Happy Thin Thanksgiving!

According to the Calorie Control Council, the average American downs up to 4,500 calories leading up to and including the big kahuna — Thanksgiving dinner — and that figure doesn’t even include breakfast, lunch and snacks along the way. Don’t deprive yourself of enjoying good food, family and friends during the holidays, but use these tips and tricks to help guide you in making healthier choices. This way you can have your pumpkin pie and eat it, too.

THE AVENUE  |  LIFESTYLE

LivFit: Becoming a better grocery shopper

1. As a general rule of thumb, shop the perimeter — not the aisles. The aisles are a trap for pre-packaged foods, ingredients you can’t pronounce, man-made junk and nutrition without a shelf life (weird, you’re eating something that never goes bad. Seems legit? No.) Try to avoid the aisles. Obviously you can’t do this for everything, but the majority of foods should come from the perimeter of the store which is the food preserved by a fridge, cooler or freezer.

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