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 Tamra Rosenfeld

Eating healthy during Passover can be a challenge. At a typical Passover Seder including wine you can rack up over 3000 calories if you’re not careful!! Passover desserts and sides have more calories than normal due to the density of being unleavened. If you are strict with a Passover diet you are limited to only the kosher for Passover foods available. As a result you may have less low fat, low calorie items than you would throughout the year. In addition, eating unleavened bread for 8 days can be very bloating and constipating. Here are some tips to avoid the Passover weight gain and discomfort.

• Eat a light breakfast such as yogurt or cottage cheese with fruit, or an egg white
  omelet with vegetables.
• Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. The high fiber and water content will help
  with satiety and bloating.
• Drink 8-12 glasses of water a day. Water will help the digestive process,
  minimize constipation, and help with satiety.
• Choose whole wheat matzo and whole wheat matzo meal. When reading labels
  look for items with 5-6+ grams fiber per serving.
• Limit the sides. They are usually high in calories, fat, and carbohydrates. Stick
  with vegetables and lean meats.
• Limit the Passover desserts (they never taste as good as they look and are very
  dense and loaded in calories).
• Avoid having macaroons and chocolate covered matzo in your home. These
  items are too easy to eat lots of. Macaroons are made from coconut which is high
  in unhealthy saturated fat.
• Eat plenty of low fat dairy such as yogurt, low fat milk, low fat cottage cheese or
  sour cream.
• Choose lean meats such as skinless chicken, turkey, and fish. Limit the brisket to
  Seders only.
• Get plenty of exercise to help minimize weight gain.