{"id":10464,"date":"2023-08-22T07:48:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T05:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assap.ad\/recommendations-for-christmas-meals\/"},"modified":"2024-10-23T18:53:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T16:53:30","slug":"recommendations-for-christmas-meals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assap.ad\/en\/insurances-andorra\/blog\/recommendations-for-christmas-meals\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommendations for Christmas meals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Family<\/strong> and <strong>friends<\/strong> gatherings are just around the corner, where <strong>food<\/strong> is the star of the show. It is important to enjoy these <strong>celebrations<\/strong> and <strong>meals<\/strong> and <strong>not deprive yourself<\/strong> , but always in <strong>moderation<\/strong> and try <strong>to make up for it in the evening or the next day<\/strong> , not only with <strong>food<\/strong> but also with <strong>drinks<\/strong> . <\/p>\n\n<p>The <strong>products<\/strong> that we usually consume the most during the <strong>Christmas holidays<\/strong> are <strong>seafood<\/strong> , <strong>canap\u00e9s<\/strong> , <strong>sweets<\/strong> and <strong>alcoholic drinks<\/strong> and\/or <strong>soft drinks<\/strong> . The smartest thing to do is <strong>to control<\/strong> the <strong>quantities<\/strong> , not eat too quickly and <strong>compensate<\/strong> . <br\/><br\/>We recommend you try to follow these tips:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><u>Don&#8217;t be too hungry for meals<\/u><\/strong> : It is best to start the day with a <strong>good lunch<\/strong> that does not include products such as <strong>industrial pastries<\/strong> , and that the main ingredients are <strong>whole grains<\/strong> and <strong>fruit<\/strong> . In the mid-morning or mid-afternoon, before <strong>lunch<\/strong> or <strong>dinner<\/strong> , eat <strong>nuts<\/strong> or some <strong>fruit<\/strong> . <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Serve yourself small amounts and try not to repeat<\/u><\/strong> : A surefire trick is to choose the <strong>size of your plate<\/strong> . If we choose <strong>small plates<\/strong> to serve ourselves, <strong>we will greatly reduce excessive amounts<\/strong> , as well as <strong>eating slowly<\/strong> . <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Seafood, preferably steamed<\/u><\/strong> : It is unavoidable on <strong>Christmas menus<\/strong> , but if we choose <strong>shellfish<\/strong> , it has <strong>less cholesterol<\/strong> than the rest. If we cannot choose another option other than <strong>lobster<\/strong> and <strong>shrimp<\/strong> , steaming will always <strong>reduce calories<\/strong> . <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Alcohol in moderation<\/u><\/strong> : A big mistake is <strong>mixing different types of alcoholic drinks<\/strong> , such as starting with an <strong>aperitif<\/strong> , then <strong>wine<\/strong> during the meal, and <strong>cava<\/strong> with <strong>dessert<\/strong> . The ideal is <strong>to always drink the same amount<\/strong> , and not to <strong>overindulge<\/strong> . These <strong>drinks<\/strong> provide us with <strong>empty calories<\/strong> and no <strong>valuable nutrients<\/strong> .  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Desserts<\/u><\/strong> : <strong>Turrones<\/strong> , <strong>wafers<\/strong> , <strong>polvorones<\/strong> and <strong>cakes<\/strong> to round off these already <strong>copious<\/strong> meals are the most tempting dishes and are not only consumed during the <strong>holidays<\/strong> , but in many homes, once they have finished, they continue to be consumed for a few more days. Currently on the market we can find <strong>healthier options<\/strong> free of <strong>sugar<\/strong> , but the ideal would be to opt for <strong>homemade desserts<\/strong> where we will have been able to control the <strong>ingredients<\/strong> and the amount of <strong>sugar<\/strong> and\/or <strong>fruit<\/strong> , such as the famous <strong>baked apple with cinnamon<\/strong> . <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Infusions<\/u><\/strong> : <strong>Avoid coffee<\/strong> with desserts and consume more <strong>infusions<\/strong> , such as <strong>green tea<\/strong> , <strong>chamomile<\/strong> , <strong>mint<\/strong> or <strong>green anise<\/strong> . A good way to reduce <strong>consumption<\/strong> with <strong>desserts<\/strong> is to make the <strong>infusion<\/strong> beforehand, which will calm the feeling of needing something <strong>sweet<\/strong> . <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Do not substitute meals<\/u><\/strong> : It is not healthy to skip <strong>breakfast<\/strong> or <strong>dinner<\/strong> because we have a <strong>large meal<\/strong> . The best option is to compensate with products such as <strong>vegetables<\/strong> , <strong>broths<\/strong> and <strong>grilled<\/strong> or en <strong>papillote<\/strong> <strong>meat<\/strong> and\/or <strong>fish<\/strong> . <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Controlling after-dinner time<\/u><\/strong> : <strong>Meals<\/strong> during these <strong>holidays<\/strong> sometimes last too long and <strong>after-dinner time<\/strong> can be very dangerous, since we will be <strong>snacking<\/strong> and <strong>drinking<\/strong> . The best thing to do is to take advantage and go out for a <strong>walk with the family<\/strong> . <br\/> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Wherever<\/strong> you are and however you celebrate <strong>Christmas<\/strong> , <strong>Assap<\/strong> wishes you <strong>happy holidays<\/strong> and <strong>a happy new year 2020<\/strong> !!<\/p>\n\n<p>Health and Happiness for everyone!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family and friends gatherings are just around the corner, where food is the star of the show. It is important to enjoy these celebrations and meals and not deprive yourself , but always in moderation and try to make up for it in the evening or the next day , not only with food but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assap.ad\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assap.ad\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assap.ad\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assap.ad\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assap.ad\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.assap.ad\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10465,"href":"https:\/\/www.assap.ad\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10464\/revisions\/10465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assap.ad\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assap.ad\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assap.ad\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assap.ad\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}