With an average of 7000 calories consumed during the traditional British Christmas meal, it is hardly surprising that New Years Eve across the Channel is regularly ranked among the “richest”, not to say the most difficult to digest in Europe. This typical meal with turkey drizzled with gravy gravy and served with potatoes, followed by mince pies (tarts very rich in candied fruit) and Christmas pudding soaked in brandy cream contains 69 g of lipids and 211g of carbohydrates, i.e. 42% saturated fat and 30% sugars. Just behind Great Britain, among the healthy months meals, is Ireland. In third place in the list of bad students of New Year’s Eve, we find Germany and its procession of cured meats and especially its roast goose bathed in sauce, rich in lipids.
On the other hand, the traditional French New Year’s Eve is placed at the top of the ranking of the “best meals for health” because it contains only 46 g of lipids and 29 g of carbohydrates per person, which is equivalent to 24% of saturated fat and 31 % sugar. A good place obtained thanks to oysters, of course, but also in the tradition of the 13 desserts among which we find nuts, berries and fruits. Just behind France is the Czech Republic, whose New Year’s Eve could almost be called dietetic because it consists of fish soup, potato salad and pickled cabbage.
If, despite everything, your liver is doing its own in this period of agape, here are two small remedies “special digestion”:
• Place 2 drops of peppermint essential oil on a tiny teaspoon of honey and let it melt in your mouth. To be renewed 3 times a day.
• Pour 2 teaspoons of mint leaves, and 1/2 teaspoon of lemon balm leaves in a cup of boiling water. Let steep for 10 minutes. Add honey, and a drop of lemon essential oil. Drink a cup after each heavy meal.
And discover our special health file during the holidays to keep fit at the end of the year.
