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Happy Thanksgiving to all my bodybuilding.com brethren and sistren!!!!!

Load up on those carbs and protein today!!!

Be safe and enjoy family!!!!

1. Turkey consumption has increased 116% since 1970.
2. In 2006, Turkey was the # 4 protein choice for American consumers
   behind chicken, beef and pork
3. A 15 pound turkey usually has about 70 percent white meat and 30 percent dark meat
4. Six hundred seventy-five million pounds of turkey are eaten each Thanksgiving in the United States.
5. Forty-five million turkeys are eaten each Thanksgiving.
6. The five most popular ways to serve leftover turkey is as a sandwich, in stew, chili or soup, casseroles and as a burger.
7. Eating turkey does not cause you to feel sleepy after your Thanksgiving dinner. Carbohydrates in your Thanksgiving dinner are the likely cause of your sleepiness.
8. Turkey is one of the lowest calorie and leanest protein sources—if you don’t eat the skin. A serving of roasted white meat has just 157 calories and 3 grams of fat. Dark meat without skin has just 187 and 7 grams of fat. However, dark meat with skin has a whopping 11.5 grams of fat (nearly 3 teaspoons of fat), and more than 3.5 grams of it are heart-stopping saturated fats.
9. The average American consumes 4.5 pounds of sweet potatoes per year.
10. The average American consumes 13.1 pounds of turkey per year.
11. More than 40 million green bean casseroles are served on Thanksgiving.
12. Twenty percent of cranberries eaten are eaten on Thanksgiving.
13. The First Thanksgiving lasted for three days.
14. Wild turkeys, while technically the same species as domesticated turkeys, have a very different taste from farm-raised turkeys. Almost all of the meat is “dark” (even the breasts) with a more intense turkey flavor. Older heritage breeds also differ in flavor.
15. The average Thanksgiving Meal contains 3000 calories. That is not including other foods eaten during the day.The good news is that it takes 3,500 excess calories to gain a pound — so you might escape from your holiday feast with little to show for it. 
16. The average Thanksgiving Meal contains 229 grams of fat.
17. A 160-pound person need to run 4 hours, at a moderate pace, to burn off the average Thanksgiving Day meal.
18. When watching calories, pumpkin pie is best. Pumpkin is the slimmest pie option around, and one of the healthier desserts because it is packed with beta-carotene, fiber, and lots of vitamins and minerals. A slice (1/8 of a 9-inch pie) has 325 calories, compared to 355 in a slice of apple and 455 in a slice of pecan. To cut calories back even further, look for pie crusts made with oats or graham crackers instead of shortening- or butter-based crusts.
19. Most Thanksgiving weight gain is attibuted to second and third servings.
20. People tend to drink less water on Thanksgiving and tend to drink more alcoholic beverages and soft drinks.