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Milk: The Weight Loss Drug

Lose Weight - Grab A GlassIn childhood, wethemselves. They feel a sense of failure
heard  it:  Drink  a  glass of milk at everywhen  they  deprive
meal. Now TV commercials are touting thethemselves."Broth, soups, and juices, along
weight-losswith  whole  fruits,
effects of milk and other dairy products.vegetables, and grains, are high in fiber
Can  dairyand  water  content,
actually keep weight under control? How isand low in fat and calories. "If you have
that  evensoup  before  a
possible?Michael Zemel, PhD, director of themeal, it helps control hunger and you eat
Nutrition  Institute  atless,"  Rolls  says.
the University of Tennessee at Knoxville,"Low-calorie soup takes the edge off your
has  publishedhunger."  Just  be
numerous papers on this subject. He outlinescareful not to eat rich, cream-based soups,
his  latestthey  could  add
research in the January 2003 Journal ofcalories to your diet, she says.When You Add
Nutrition,  mouseWater  Rich  Foods,  You  Add Volume But Few
studies showing the role of calcium inCaloriesHow it works: Water dilutes the
weight  gain  and  fatcalories  in  food.  You  can
storage.Too many people drop dairy fromthen eat more for the same calories. When
their  diets  when  they  try  toyou  add
lose weight, he says. "They're shootingwater-rich blueberries to your breakfast
themselves  in  thecereal,  or
foot when they do that. Dairy productswater-rich eggplant to your lasagna, you add
contain  literallyfood  volume
hundreds of compounds that all have abut few calories, Rolls explains.Grapes have
positive  effect  onmore  water  content  than  raisins.  For  a
human health and enhance the fat-burning100-calorie snack, you can eat more grapes
machinery,"  hethan  raisins.
explains.Milk The Why & How"When we cutIt's just that simple.Fat Has Less Water
dairy products, we send the body a signal, toThan Any FoodFat has less water than any food
element  at  9  calories  per
make more fat," says Zemel. "When your bodygram, alcohol is next at 7, followed by
is  deprived  ofprotein  and
calcium, it begins conserving calcium. Thatcarbohydrates each at 4, Rolls says.Want
mechanism  promptsMore Examples?Consider the difference between
chocolate  milk  and  a  milk
your body to produce higher levels of a
hormone  calledchocolate bar. A 1 1/2 ounce milk chocolate
bar  has  230
calcitriol, and that triggers an increased
production  of  fatcalories, while an 8-ounce glass of
chocolate  milk  made
cells."High levels of calcitriol "tell" fat
cells  to  storewith whole milk has 250 calories. For about
the  same
themselves in the body, he says. This
increase  in  calcitriolcalories, you get a portion that is five
times  bigger
also "tells" fat cells to expand, he says.
"So  you'rethan the chocolate bar.Add more vegetables,
and  less  pasta  and  fat,  to  a  pasta
getting bigger, fatter fat cells. And a lot
of  big,  fatdish, and you get more food volume. You see
the  difference,
cells makes for a big, fat person."Extra
calcium in your diet suppresses this hormone,and feel satisfied when you eat it, she
he  says.says.Obese people eat more low-water foods
than  normal-weight
Your body breaks down more fat, and fat
cells  become  leaner,people, big portions of meats, full-fat milk
and  cheese,
trimmer. A high-dairy diet can boost weight
loss  by  aboutfried eggs, high-fat desserts, one study
shows.  They  also
70%.But wait, there's more. "It turns out
that  milk,  cheese,  andate few high-water foods like salads,
fruits, skim milk.Psychological satisfaction
yogurt are much more effective than calciumis  powerful,  she  says.  "We're
supplements  or
talking about dietary changes that people
calcium-fortified foods," Zemel says. Why?can  sustain.  If
Dairy  products
fat content is too low, it doesn't satisfy
are a complex collection of compounds. Likeyour  hunger.  If
phytochemicals
you don't enjoy foods, you are not in the
found in fruits and vegetables, there's morelong  run  going  to
than  vitamins
sustain the eating pattern. That's where
and minerals in dairy products. "They arepeople  go  wrong,
not  classically
they go too extreme, so they're on the same
nutrients, but are recognized as havingold  dieting
beneficial effects."Fat Calories Still Count,
But  Calcium  Will  Change  Your  Bodyroller coaster."Make The Weight Loss
SwitchRolls'  theories  are  right  on
CompositionDairy isn't a weight-loss
miracle,  says  Zemel.  Caloriesthe money, says Hassan. "There's a lot of
research  to  back
still count. But even if you don't restrict
calories,  takingthis up. Foods with high water content take
longer  to  eat,
in more calcium will change your body
composition.  You'reand they generally leave people feeling
fuller.  People  feel
shifting calories from fat to lean body
mass.  "On  thebetter when their plate is full and their
stomach is full."Her advice:Drink two glasses
scales, you may not see a change. But we'veof  water  or  other  non-calorie  beverage
seen  a  loss  of
before a meal.At a restaurant, either eat a
body fat," he says."We need to think of milksmall  salad  or  broth-based
as  more  than  a  calcium-delivery
soup.At home, fill up half the plate with
vehicle," he says. "It's more than justvegetables,  one-fourth
calcium.  It's
with a starch, and one-fourth with protein
high-quality protein, a collection of amino--  so  the
acids  that
dominant part is vegetables. If you want
provides positive effects on skeleton,seconds,  veggies
muscle, and fat."Zemel's research holds
water,  says  Lara  Hassan,  MS,  awould be the choice.Before going to a
restaurant,  eat  a high-volume, low-calorie
nutritionist with the Cooper Clinic in
Dallas.  Indeed,snack, fat-free milk, a piece of fruit, a
cup  of  light
"studies are showing that high calcium
increases  fatyogurt. "You won't be famished, so you won't
eat  a  whole
oxidation or fat burning, and that results
in  greater  fatbasket of chips or bread."If you get the
evening  munchies,  drink bouillon, hot tea,
loss, and weight loss if it's a
reduced-calorie diet.".She cites one study inor light cocoa, or have two cups
which  obese  men  consumed  two  cups  ofstrawberries  with  light
low-fat yogurt a day, and made no othercool whip. "It's a great dessert and only
changes  in  their100  calories,"
diet. They lost an average of 11 pounds overHassan says.Tea is calorie-free, has less
the  course  of  acaffeine  than  coffee,  and
year.Water Heavy Foods Tell Your Brainis a great source of antioxidants. However,
You're FullTomato juice, tomato soup,tea  won't
vegetable  soup,  water-heavy  foods
do much to help weight loss, Hassan tells
like these seem to trigger receptors in theWebMD.  "Sip
stomach  that
tea to get full, but I would never tell
tell the brain you're sufficiently fed, sayssomeone  it  would
Barbara  Rolls,
boost metabolism."The bottom line for weight
PhD, a professor at Pennsylvania Stateloss,  follow  a  reduced-calorie,
University  and  author
healthy eating plan, get regular exercise,
of The Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan: Feeland  do  weight
Full  on  Fewer
training to increase lean body mass and
Calories.In fact, satiety, that "I'm full"speed  up  metabolism,
feeling,  is  the  secret
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