Our tips for enjoying festive meals

Between yule log and foie gras, admit it:you're looking forward to the end-of-year celebrations. However, these extended meals are also a real test for our body, which must assimilate all this food. With our advice, no more stomach aches.

Prepare your body for the excesses of end-of-year meals

To enjoy your end-of-year meals without having to suffer digestion problems, prepare your body with pretox. This trend aims to prepare your body for overeating and to purify your body before attacking the festivities. To start a pretox, nothing outlandish. Simply promoting a healthy, balanced diet will put your liver, pancreas, and stomach to rest. The ideal is to accompany your pretox with a sporting activity. To prepare your body for festive meals, bet the previous days on a healthy diet:

• Avoid industrial ready meals;
• Reduce sugar and fat intake;
• Eat fruits and vegetables;
• Bet on juices and smoothies
• Prefer steam cooking;
• Prefer whole foods (pasta, rice, bread, quinoa, etc.), rich in fiber;
• Hydrate yourself (water, tea, herbal tea, etc.);
• Avoid sugary and alcoholic drinks.

If you find the pretox restrictive, tell yourself that it is only for a few weeks and that it will help you better tolerate your excesses afterwards. Of course, don't forget to treat yourself to a few treats!

Enjoy without feeling guilty, it's possible!

It's D-Day. Your mouth is already watering thinking of stuffed capon, foie gras and your grandmother's delicious chocolate log. Here are some tips to enjoy your festive meals without feeling guilty:

• Eat your usual breakfast;
• Have a light lunch, vegetables and fish for example,
• Have a snack at tea time
• Do not start the aperitif with an alcoholic drink if you have an empty stomach;
• Choose less calorie foods (smoked salmon, scallops, whelks, prawns, snails, oysters);
• To facilitate digestion, opt for an infusion at the end of a meal. Certain plants (lemon balm, anise, savory, Roman chamomile, mint, etc.) promote digestion.

How to recover from overeating?

After the excesses of Christmas and New Year's Eve meals, it is your liver that suffers. He has accumulated a lot of food, alcohol and needs some rest. On your side, the first signs of your excesses appear:you feel tired, bloated, you have headaches, pimples appear and you do not feel comfortable in your clothes. It is high time to bring rest to your body and purify it. Here's how to do a little detox to start the day after the festivities:

• Eat as many fruits and vegetables as you want;
• Replace animal fats (butter and cream) with vegetable oils;
• Prefer steam cooking;
• Drink between 1.5 L and 2 L of water a day.

Foods to favor to facilitate digestion

Eating balanced and healthy is a good start to put your liver to rest after overeating. However, certain foods are to be preferred to facilitate digestion. This is the case with spelt, squash, apple, almond milk, ginger, pineapple, thyme or even fennel.

As the holiday season approaches, prepare your body to take full advantage of meals. No more bloating, fatigue and other ailments resulting from overeating. Take care of your body before, during and after meals to stay in top shape. But above all, don't forget to treat yourself!