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01-24-2011, 01:43 AM
c/p from Leader-Post
By ISeiberling Thu, Jan 6 2011 Anything and Everything
It's official — we really do suffer from 'Turkey Brain".
A new Ipsos survey that shows 24 per cent (or almost one in four) Canadians agree they suffer from ‘Turkey Brain’ during this time of year. Turkey Brain has been described as a condition caused by eating too much turkey and turkey leftovers during the holiday season. Symptoms may include: sluggishness, confusion, sleepiness, tongue depression, forgetfulness and the turkey sweats.
The poll also found 54 per cent of Canadians admit to over-indulging on eating certain types of food like turkey over the holidays. Now that the holidays are over, 46 per cent of respondents claimed they wanted to sink their teeth into some different food – anything but turkey.
“At this time every year many of us experience a need to change things up, as well as an appetite for anything but turkey; we just never had a name for it before. This survey confirms it – ‘Turkey Brain’ is for real.
The poll of 1,024 Canadians adults was conducted between Dec. 23 and Dec. 28, 2010 and is considered accurate to within 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20:
Other findings from the poll include:
• 33 per cent of Canadians say the term 'turkey brain' captures the way they feel after eating many big meals over the holiday season
• 35 per cent of Canadians feel like they eat the same meal over and over again over the holidays
• 39 per cent of Canadians say by the end of the holiday season they are sick of turkey
Among those who admit to suffering from turkey brain
• 33 per cent say their favourite cure for ‘Turkey Brain’ is to mix it up with a wide variety of food
• 18 per cent say it is to spend more time with people who make them happy
• 15 per cent say it is to get back to foods they love all year round (like pizza)
By ISeiberling Thu, Jan 6 2011 Anything and Everything
It's official — we really do suffer from 'Turkey Brain".
A new Ipsos survey that shows 24 per cent (or almost one in four) Canadians agree they suffer from ‘Turkey Brain’ during this time of year. Turkey Brain has been described as a condition caused by eating too much turkey and turkey leftovers during the holiday season. Symptoms may include: sluggishness, confusion, sleepiness, tongue depression, forgetfulness and the turkey sweats.
The poll also found 54 per cent of Canadians admit to over-indulging on eating certain types of food like turkey over the holidays. Now that the holidays are over, 46 per cent of respondents claimed they wanted to sink their teeth into some different food – anything but turkey.
“At this time every year many of us experience a need to change things up, as well as an appetite for anything but turkey; we just never had a name for it before. This survey confirms it – ‘Turkey Brain’ is for real.
The poll of 1,024 Canadians adults was conducted between Dec. 23 and Dec. 28, 2010 and is considered accurate to within 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20:
Other findings from the poll include:
• 33 per cent of Canadians say the term 'turkey brain' captures the way they feel after eating many big meals over the holiday season
• 35 per cent of Canadians feel like they eat the same meal over and over again over the holidays
• 39 per cent of Canadians say by the end of the holiday season they are sick of turkey
Among those who admit to suffering from turkey brain
• 33 per cent say their favourite cure for ‘Turkey Brain’ is to mix it up with a wide variety of food
• 18 per cent say it is to spend more time with people who make them happy
• 15 per cent say it is to get back to foods they love all year round (like pizza)