Healthguider’s Healthy Nutrition
Souping Up
Ever wondered how you can keep hunger at bay in the late
afternoon and ensure you don’t overindulge. Well it
seems that a group of French nutrition scientists have found
the answer: eat soup with lots of vegetable chunks in it.
Beware, not any type of soup will do we’re told –
those veggie chunks are highly important.
In their study they compared hunger levels in three different
groups of people: those who ate vegetables in water (can’t
imagine anything worse!); those on strained veggie soup;
and finally those who were given the chunky soup.
The results? Those on the chunky soup reported far less
subsequent hunger pangs, and furthermore, for all you weightwatchers
out their, on average they consumed 150 calories less at
lunch and 100 less calories during their evening meal.
The lesson for the day: think soup, think chunky, think
thinner.
© Healthguider 2004
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