Salads Before Meals Help in Weightloss (article)

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This article came in from SoFlaVegans 2 days ago ;=) (Great list!).

 

I kinda thought it was timely ;=) Mind you, I thought that it was a bit like

reporting that most boys married the girl next door - but that bit about the

low-

calorie starter was a new wrinkle on that. I mean, sure, if you eat higher

calories for your first course you're going to have eaten higher calories for

the

whole meal. Duh.

 

Still, read it - it's short - and it is nice to be confirmed in what we already

know

to be true ;=)

 

Pat.

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Eating A Salad Or Two Makes You Eat Less

October 05, 2004

 

http://www.healthtalk.ca/salad_eat_less_10042004_3857.php

 

People who order a low-calorie salad, or two, before they start to

eat their main course meal usually eat less, which might translate

into weight loss for people seeking to lose a few pounds.

 

Researchers found that when people were served three cups of salad,

containing about 100 calories, they ate 12 percent fewer calories,

compared to people who didn't eat a salad.

 

Lead study author, Dr. Barbara J. Rolls, indicated eating

low-calorie, but filling foods like fruits and salads reduces the

total amount of food people eat the rest of the meal.

 

However, Dr. Rolls noted, the effect was only found when people ate a

low-calorie starter. When people ate a 400 calorie salad with a

high-fat dressing, they actually ate 17 percent more during the

entire meal.

 

Dr. Rolls reported the findings in the Journal of the American

Dietetic Association.

 

When 42 women were given the choice of 6 salads, or no salad, before

a pasta lunch, the researchers found that woman who ate about 1-1/2

cups of salad, measuring 50 calories, consumed 7 percent less

overall, during their entire meal, compared to those who did not to

eat a salad. Eating 3 cups, about 100 calories, reduced total intake

by 12 percent.

 

In this case, eating more low-calorie salad can actually amount to

less....weight that is.