Tomorrow, Americans will gather with their families to celebrate with a gut-busting traditional dinner. But traditional Thanksgiving food needn’t derail your fitness goals. You just have to choose the right foods. We’ve broken down the nutritional content of the top 5 Thanksgiving foods to show you how what you eat tomorrow will effect your diet:
Americans eat a total of 675 million pounds of turkey each year on Thanksgiving. (photo by D Sharon Pruit)
Turkey
8 oz of white meat contains:
312 calories
13.7 g of fat
2.24 g of carbs
42.4 g of protein
(photo by Ed Yourdon)
Stuffing
1 cup contains:
320 calories
18 g of fat
42 g of carbs
18 g of protein
(photo by Mr. T in DC)
Cranberry Sauce
1/2 inch think slice of canned cranberry sauce contains:
86 calories
0 g of fat
22 g of carbs
1 g of protein
(photo by CallistoVice)
Mashed Potatoes
1 cup of homemade mashed potatoes with whole milk contains:
174 calories
1.2 g of fat
37 g of carbs
4 g of protein
(photo by TheCulinaryGeek)
Pumpkin Pie
1/8 slice of a 9 inch pie contains:
316 calories
14.4 g fat
41 g carbs
7 g protein
