WELL, THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS HERE WITH THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS QUICKLY AROUND THE CORNER. AND THAT BRINGS A LOT OF THE GREAT TRADITIONAL HOLIDAY FOODS AND COMFORT FOODS. BUT DO THEY TRULY YOU HAPPY? AN INTERESTING CONCEPT AND HEALTHY IN THE PROCESS. WELL, JOINING US TODAY IS HAPPINESS AND WELLNESS COACH DANNY DE NOVO DANNY. HAPPY HOLIDAYS. HAPPY THANKSGIVING. AND TO YOU, AN EARLY. MERRY CHRISTMAS. WE KNOW IT’S ALWAYS A STRESSFUL TIME OF YEAR. ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS, ESPECIALLY HERE IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA, WHAT’S ON THE MENU? WHAT ARE WE MAY EAT THIS YEAR IN GENERAL TERMS? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES PEOPLE RUN INTO THIS TIME OF YEAR IN TERMS OF OVERALL WITH DEALING WITH THE HOLIDAYS? WELL, THEY’RE NOT EATING FOODS THAT SUPPORT THEIR. I MEAN, IF YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT HAS ANY TRUTH TO IT AT ALL, THEN WHY NOT EAT FOODS THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY AND OR ISSUE AT THE SAME TIME? THERE’S A LOT OF GREAT TRADITIONAL STAPLES DOWN HERE, ALL THE OYSTER DRESSINGS, SWEET POTATOES AND FRIED THIS AND THAT AND FRIED TURKEY. BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WORKING IN SOME OF THESE MORE HEALTHY FOODS ALONG THE WAY COULD PROVIDE A BETTER OVERALL WELLNESS EXPERIENCE. YOU BROUGHT A FEW ITEMS HERE TODAY. JUST WALK US THROUGH THE DETAILS. WHAT ARE SOME ITEMS THAT MAYBE WE’RE TAKING FOR GRANTED THAT WE FORGET ABOUT THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE INTO OUR THANKSGIVING AND HOLIDAY MEALS? YEAH, THERE’S A LOT OF GREAT FOODS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SO ALMONDS ACTUALLY HELP ALLEVIATE ANXIETY AND HELP REDUCE DEPRESSION. SO YOU CAN PAIR THAT WITH SOME DARK CHOCOLATE AND MAKE A REALLY GOOD ALMOND IS EVEN KETO FRIENDLY AND IT WILL SUPPORT YOUR HAPPINESS THROUGHOUT THE HOLIDAY SEASON. THEN AFTER WHEN WE ALL START TO, YOU KNOW, SLIDE BACK INTO THAT BLUE MOOD AGAIN. YEAH. NO, THAT’S GREAT. AND WALK US THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS AS WELL. WELL, PECANS OR PECANS, DEPENDING WHERE YOU ARE. ABSOLUTELY. THESE HAVE CALCIUM AND WHAT THAT DOES IS HELP BALANCE OUT THOSE HORMONAL IMBALANCES THAT WE HAVE FROM TIME TO TIME THAT KEEPS US FROM GETTING GROUCHY AND IRRITABLE, ESPECIALLY DEALING WITH THOSE EXTENDED RELATIVES RIGHT AROUND THE HOLIDAYS. KEEP THEM IN YOUR POCKET. THEN CRANBERRY IS A GREAT FOOD FOR THIS OF YEAR. THEY’RE REALLY HIGH IN ANTIOCH’S GUIDANCE, BUT WHAT THEY ALSO DO IS THEY HELP LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE. AND WHEN YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE COMES DOWN AND YOUR HEART RATE COMES DOWN AND YOU’RE NOT WALKING AROUND WITH THAT POUNDING IN YOUR CHEST ALL THE TIME, AND YOU JUST FEEL CALM, HAPPY. I’M THINKING SOME OF THE SNACK PACKS WITH ALMONDS, PECANS, CRANBERRIES THAT YOU MAY SEE, SOME OF THE SNACK MIX, TRAIL MIX COMBOS CAN GO A LONG WAY. THAT’S A GREAT THING. PUT SOME DARK CHOCOLATE IN THERE. DARK HAS MORE ANTIOXIDANTS THAN BERRIES. ALSO SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN TO HELP REDUCE DEPRESSION. VERY COOL. AND A FEW OTHER ITEMS. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THOSE? SO COCONUT HAS M.S. OIL AND THAT IS EFFECTIVE IN ALLEVIATING STRESS. IN FACT, ONE STUDY SAID IT WAS SO GOOD AT DOING SO. IT’S LIKE TAKING A VALIUM, REALLY. ALL RIGHT. ALSO FOR THE RELATIVE TO FUNNY RIGHT NOW? THIS IS HONEY. AND HONEY HAS SUGAR AND WE DO NOT WANT TO SUPPORT OUR WITH SUGAR THROUGHOUT THE HOLIDAY. BUT A LITTLE HONEY GOES A LONG WAY BECAUSE IT SEROTONIN AND DOPAMINE THOSE THE FEEL GOOD CHEMICALS IN OUR BODY SO JUST A LITTLE DRIZZLE RIGHT. DON’T TELL ANYBODY. THAT MAKES ME THINK OF ONE OF YOUR BESTSELLING BOOKS, GET HAPPINESS. GET IN A GOOD MOOD AND STAY THERE. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT’S A LITTLE BIT OF MODERATION, RIGHT? AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAN HELP US GET TO THE NEXT STEP IN TOWARDS OVERALL POSITIVE MINDSET AND HAPPINESS. RIGHT. I HAVE A RECIPE BOOK THAT GOES THROUGH HAPPINESS FOODS AS WELL. SO THERE’S FOODS LIKE THESE THAT SUPPORT YOUR HAPPINESS, BUT ALSO TYING THINGS THAT MAKE YOUR HEART FEEL GOOD AND THINGS THAT TRIGGER NOSTALGIC EVENTS. SO ALSO MAKE BRAIN FEEL REALLY HAPPY. SO YEAH, EVERYTHING IN MODERATION. PERFECT. GREAT MESSAGE, DANNY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WORKING VIEWERS, GO FOR MORE INFORMATION TO FIND MORE OF YOUR BOOKS ONLINE AS WELL. YOU CAN FIND ME AT DANNY DE NOVO DOT COM.