A college professor is advising children to put out high-calorie foods instead of carrots for Rudolph the Red Nosed reindeer on Christmas eve.
Responding to a question from his 4-year-old daughter, Dartmouth College anthropology professor Nathaniel Dominy wrote a paper that explains why Rudolph has a shiny red nose.
The professor explained that some reindeers have shiny red noses because their noses are highly vascular, meaning they have millions of tiny blood vessels that sit close to the surface on the skin of their noses.
The tiny blood vessels causes the reindeer to lose a lot of body heat through their skin. And since Rudolph is tasked with leading the other reindeer through the freezing snow to your house, “he’s probably losing a ton of heat through his nose,” said Professor Dominy.
The professor suggests you tell your children to forget the carrots and put out high-calorie foods (such as cookies or Patti Pies) for Rudolph to help him burn fat and calories to conserve heat.
Patti LaBelle‘s sweet potato pies, which were popularized by YouTube star James Wright Chanel‘s ecstatic video review, contains 400 calories and 25 grams of sugar per slice.
The recommended daily intake of sugar is 25 grams — or 6 teaspoons of sugar per day.
Patti pies make the perfect high calorie, high sugar comfort food for Rudolph the red nosed reindeer to complete his journey around the world. That is, if you can find Patti pies in your local Walmart store.
