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Americans gain an average of five pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's, usually due to a host of holiday feasts, parties and gatherings that offer an abundance of tasty, but not always healthy, foods and snacks. While some consider unwanted weight gain during the holiday season to be a fact of life, experts at Northwestern Memorial Physician's Group emphasize that enjoying holiday favorites doesn't mean having to suspend healthy eating habits. read more

Indulging with less guilt is easy this holiday season. Simply substitute canola oil for other oils or solid fat in recipes to replace "naughty" saturated fat with "nice" unsaturated fat. This especially applies to baking, which results in many holiday treats. Use canola oil in recipes that call for oil or solid fat in baked goods like breads, loaves and muffins, says Shirley Corriher, author of the new BakeWise cookbook and winner of the James Beard Award for Excellence. Canola oil has the least amount of saturated fat of any common cooking oil and is free of trans fat and cholesterol. read more

Celsis International plc (LSE: CEL.L), the global leader in rapid microbial detection solutions for industry, today announced the launch of RapiScreen Beverage, a new assay for use on the Celsis Innovate -- the company's proven rapid microbial screening instrument for dairy products. This new rapid screening test kit extends the Celsis Innovate platform to efficiently and rapidly screen Ultra Heat Treated (UHT) and Extended Shelf Life (ESL) beverage products for microbial contamination. read more

HealthDay - SATURDAY, Nov. 22 (HealthDay News) -- You can eat healthier this holiday season by altering recipes and making good food choices, say experts with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service.

This pumpkin swirl cheesecake recipe may become one of your favorite Thanksgiving dessert recipes. Preparing the pumpkin swirl cheesecake is not hard and doesn't really take long time. Ingredients Of Pumpkin Swirl Cheesecake Recipe 1 1/2 cups crushed gingersnap cookies 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans 1/3 cup butter, melted 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened 3/4 cup white sugar, divided 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 eggs 1 cup canned pumpkin 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom read more