The 3 most unhealthy New Year's Eve dishes - what you should exclude from the menu for New Year

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What are the most harmful New Year’s dishes? What is better not to eat on holidays?

In general, the problem of the New Year’s table is that it is customary to put “all the best at once”: caviar, pickles, salads, and hot food, not to forget about fruit and sweets. As a result, the body faces the need to digest it all at once, so there are exacerbations of gastritis and similar diseases. So what dishes should you refrain from?

To make Olivier less harmful, you can replace the sausage with boiled chicken or shrimp, instead of pickles to use fresh and make homemade mayonnaise or use sour cream.

Herring under a fur coat

The second favorite New Year’s salad for many people is herring under a fur coat. Here is the same problem: salty herring and an abundance of mayonnaise in combination with potatoes and eggs give a load on the stomach, and salt provokes swelling.

You can reduce the harm by replacing store-bought mayonnaise with homemade mayonnaise, as well as using more vegetables and less herring itself.

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Modern mayonnaise is radically different from its ancestor, which was invented by a French chef – whipped egg yolks with olive oil.

The problem with the current sauce is its high fat content, caloric content and abundance of preservatives that contribute to long storage: trans fats, emulsifiers, thickeners, egg powder, flavor enhancers, stabilizers.

Irina: There is even such a term – “mayonnaise obesity”. Russia, unfortunately, is considered the record holder in the consumption of this sauce. Our citizens literally eat mayonnaise by the spoonful.

What can we replace mayonnaise with? Dress salads with mustard-based sauces, add sour cream or natural Greek yogurt. And you can make mayonnaise yourself: beat two yolks, adding a little sugar and salt, lemon juice and constantly stirring, pour a thin stream of a glass of olive oil.
And the healthiest way is to mix a can of Greek yogurt with dried garlic and a spoonful of mustard.

Catherine: The best thing to do on a holiday night is to pay attention to what you eat and not work your fork on automatic. Take small portions, take a break when the feeling of satiety comes. Then the holiday mood will be and unpleasant consequences can be avoided.