How To Powerfully Manage The Holidays

How To Powerfully Manage The Holidays Hi, I’m Dr. Marie Starling As your Denver Functional Medicine specialist, we help people like you reach their full potential. I specialize in adjunctive care for internal disorders, autoimmune conditions, IBS, thyroid symptoms, diabetes, and other complex health issues. How To Powerfully Manage The Holidays By: Mary Beth Gudewicz, RMT, CNTP, MNT It’s that time of the year with family gatherings and holiday meals that, while exciting, can also be nerve-racking.  Questions arise on how to eat on your lifestyle plan and how to manage holiday parties when the people around you eat anything under the sun.  We explored these ideas and more during my presentation on October 26.  Below are some of the key points that were addressed. Friends and family come out of the woodwork this time of the year, wanting to get together because they haven’t seen you in an age.  They suggest getting together at a restaurant and catch up up over a nice meal.  Those of us with food restrictions probably feel that knot start to swell in our gut at the thought of what am I going to eat at the restaurant?  An easy technique to avoid this kind of stress is to suggest meeting for coffee instead.  There is always something on that menu you can enjoy, whether coffee or tea.  If dinner is the only option because it is a company dinner, family gathering, etc. choose to eat before you go to the restaurant.  Then while there you can have a salad or an appetizer such as hummus and veggies. Unwinding is key during the hectic pace of the...