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December, 2009

10 superfoods for shedding weight
  • December 2, 2009

1. Steak : Contrary to popular perception, eating a beef steak may help you drop weight. In a study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, women on a diet that included red meat lost more weight than those eating equal calories but little beef. The protein in steak helps you retain muscle mass during weight loss.

2. Eggs : Dig in to eggs, yolks and all: Eggs do not harm your heart, they can help you trim inches. Women on a low-calorie diet who ate an egg with toast and jelly each morning lost twice as much weight as those who had a bagel breakfast with the same number of calories but no eggs, a study from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge reports. Egg protein is filling, so you eat less later in the day.

3. Oats : “Oatmeal has the highest satiety ranking of any food,” Grotto says. Unlike many other carbohydrates, oats—even the instant kind—digest slowly, so they have little impact on your blood sugar.”

4. Lentils : Lentils are a great tummy flattener. “They’re high in protein and soluble fibre, two nutrients that stabilise blood sugar levels,” says Tanya Zuckerbrot, R.D., author of The … Read More »