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the adventures of a turkey at Christmas ... part one ... 

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the turkey is over stuffed 


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Christmas parties are weighed down with high-fat nibbles. It's perfectly possible to blow a whole day's recommended calorie consumption in just half an hour's grazing. A portion of crisps comes in at 60 calories, a handful of mixed nuts at 243 calories, Christmas cake is 249 calories and one mince pie and double cream is 370 calories

gluttony 

And just when you couldn't be feeling more tense, chances are your home will be invaded by hordes of relatives all expecting a succession of meals, snacks and drinksrush headlong into an orgy of over-indulgence

some suggestions for how to get through the season of over-stuffing 

Carve time out for yourself, away from the kitchen and its temptations, and take a long soak in the bath ...