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Everyone knows that Thanksgiving is the worst eating day for everyone in the US. Anyone that is on a "Diet" is either going to blow it or will have to use every ounce of unnatural will power to not give in to the Holiday's tradition of stuffing your face until you can't move. Even more specifically for us Texans, stuffing your face until you can't move and waddling into your relative host's living room to watch the Cowboys.

We have labeled Thanksgiving as the least healthy holiday. Well, like we all know, it doesn't pay to hang out with the wrong kind of people. Thanksgiving should just be considered another day in November as far as it's affect of our health, it just happens to be guilty by association. The association we give it to food, and lots of it. With this being the United States of America, we are free to do as we wish, furthermore, eat as we wish. Let's take a closer look at the major food components to Thanksgiving before we judge too strictly.

The first witness is Turkey, the center of attention for Thanksgiving day.

5 ounces of Turkey (White Meat): Total Fat: 11.8g Saturated Fat: 3.3 Trans Fat: 0 Cholesterol: 107.7 mg Sodium: 89.3 mg Carbs: 0 Protein: 40.5g

It seems like turkey does have a little bit of fat, but it's a healthy unsaturated fat, not saturated or trans fats. It has small amounts of cholesterol, sodium and no carbs. There are tons of proteins, and proteins from turkey are especially good because it is a complete protein with all necessary amino acids. Well, it looks like turkey is not only not bad for you, but actually good for you. The outcome, Turkey is innocent.

Next, Sweet Potatoes.

Sweet Potatoes, Dark Orange, Fresh, 5" long, Total Fat: .1g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 71.5mg Carbs: 26.2g Protein: 2g

It seems that sweet potatoes are fat free and cholesterol free. They are nearly free of sodium as well as protein. This vegetable, or root, has good carbs as well. These good carbs are complex, which means your body breaks them down slowly providing you with energy over time, instead of going straight to your hips or stomach as fat. It would appear that sweet potatoes are innocent also.

Up next, canned cranberry sauce.

Cranberry Sauce, Sweetened and Canned, 3 slices: Total Fat: .3g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 49.6mg Carbs: 66.5g Sugars- 64.5.g Protein: .3g

It would seem like cranberry sauce is fat free, but think of the rules the FDA puts on fat, preservative or even trans fat free items. If an item has less than .5g per serving, then it can claim to be free of it. Just keep that in mind. Imagine that it all has .49g and that is how much fat you are consuming. Cranberry sauce has no cholesterol and a limited amount of sodium. There are tons of carbs, 64.5g from sugar to be exact. Why don't you just measure out 65g of sugar and attach it to your waistline, we can cut out the middleman that way. It would appear that cranberry sauce is guilty! At least the canned sugary kind is.

Up next, stuffing:

Stuffing, bread, prep/dry mix 1/2cup Total Fat: 8.6g Saturated Fat: 1.7g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 543mg Carbs: 21.7g Sugars: 2.1g Protein: 3.2g

Stuffing has a bit of fat, but not bad fat. It has negligible amounts of cholesterol and protein, but a boatload of sodium. This tasty treat has a lot of sodium, but less than one can of most canned goods. So compared to most people's diets, stuffing is low in sodium. The carbs are a little high, but the sugar isn't. That means that the carbs are actual food and not sugar. Now these carbs are from the white bread found in the mix, so they aren't the best, but 21g of it isn't enough to worry about, it's less carbs than a 20oz Gatorade. The Verdict: Innocent!

The results speak for themselves, turkey isn't bad, but actually healthy. Sweet potatoes aren't bad, but healthy, cranberries are healthy if you prepare them yourself, and stuffing isn't healthy, and isn't bad.

We have determined that Thanksgiving is actually innocent! Eat small portions like you would on any other day and Thanksgiving could actually be your healthiest meal of the whole year!

I think we know who is really guilty.

Well, that's obvious. The truth is, if you eat anything in excess, even the most healthy foods, you will gain weight. If you eat more calories than you burn, you will gain weight.

So what's the big deal? Thanksgiving has only gotten it's bad image because we overeat, and not only on the healthy stuff. We fill ourselves full of dinner and dessert. I know I don't have to tell you how bad dessert can be, so I'm not going to. Just take it easy.

So get off of Thanksgiving's case, its not guilty, we are. This year, instead of getting so stuffed we have to be rolled away from the table, how about we take responsibility for ourselves and know when to call it quits, and actually do it. This year, instead of complaining how miserable we are from overeating, let's give thanks to the lord that we actually have more than enough to eat and have our needs provided for.

Have A Happy Thanksgiving.

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