Healthy holiday eating habits

AUBURN - According to Christine Gutelius, people should “remember the joys of eating” on Christmas Day.

Gutelius, a nutrition educator with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cayuga County, says that unhealthy eating habits are learned on the other 364 days of the year, not on Dec. 25.

“I hope people realize that holiday meals are special, and they should treat them that way,” she said. By using common sense and a bit of restraint, she continued, everyone can fully enjoy themselves when they sit down for their Christmas meals.