| Lose Weight - Grab A GlassIn childhood, we | | | | themselves. They feel a sense of failure |
| heard it: Drink a glass of milk at every | | | | when they deprive |
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| meal. Now TV commercials are touting the | | | | themselves."Broth, soups, and juices, along |
| weight-loss | | | | with whole fruits, |
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| effects of milk and other dairy products. | | | | vegetables, and grains, are high in fiber |
| Can dairy | | | | and water content, |
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| actually keep weight under control? How is | | | | and low in fat and calories. "If you have |
| that even | | | | soup before a |
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| possible?Michael Zemel, PhD, director of the | | | | meal, it helps control hunger and you eat |
| Nutrition Institute at | | | | less," Rolls says. |
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| the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, | | | | "Low-calorie soup takes the edge off your |
| has published | | | | hunger." Just be |
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| numerous papers on this subject. He outlines | | | | careful not to eat rich, cream-based soups, |
| his latest | | | | they could add |
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| research in the January 2003 Journal of | | | | calories to your diet, she says.When You Add |
| Nutrition, mouse | | | | Water Rich Foods, You Add Volume But Few |
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| studies showing the role of calcium in | | | | CaloriesHow it works: Water dilutes the |
| weight gain and fat | | | | calories in food. You can |
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| storage.Too many people drop dairy from | | | | then eat more for the same calories. When |
| their diets when they try to | | | | you add |
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| lose weight, he says. "They're shooting | | | | water-rich blueberries to your breakfast |
| themselves in the | | | | cereal, or |
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| foot when they do that. Dairy products | | | | water-rich eggplant to your lasagna, you add |
| contain literally | | | | food volume |
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| hundreds of compounds that all have a | | | | but few calories, Rolls explains.Grapes have |
| positive effect on | | | | more water content than raisins. For a |
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| human health and enhance the fat-burning | | | | 100-calorie snack, you can eat more grapes |
| machinery," he | | | | than raisins. |
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| explains.Milk The Why & How"When we cut | | | | It's just that simple.Fat Has Less Water |
| dairy products, we send the body a signal, to | | | | Than Any FoodFat has less water than any food |
| | | | element at 9 calories per |
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| make more fat," says Zemel. "When your body | | | | gram, alcohol is next at 7, followed by |
| is deprived of | | | | protein and |
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| calcium, it begins conserving calcium. That | | | | carbohydrates each at 4, Rolls says.Want |
| mechanism prompts | | | | More Examples?Consider the difference between |
| | | | chocolate milk and a milk |
| your body to produce higher levels of a | | | | |
| hormone called | | | | chocolate bar. A 1 1/2 ounce milk chocolate |
| | | | bar has 230 |
| calcitriol, and that triggers an increased | | | | |
| production of fat | | | | calories, while an 8-ounce glass of |
| | | | chocolate milk made |
| cells."High levels of calcitriol "tell" fat | | | | |
| cells to store | | | | with whole milk has 250 calories. For about |
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| themselves in the body, he says. This | | | | |
| increase in calcitriol | | | | calories, you get a portion that is five |
| | | | times bigger |
| also "tells" fat cells to expand, he says. | | | | |
| "So you're | | | | than the chocolate bar.Add more vegetables, |
| | | | and less pasta and fat, to a pasta |
| getting bigger, fatter fat cells. And a lot | | | | |
| of big, fat | | | | dish, 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 |
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| 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 about | | | | fried eggs, high-fat desserts, one study |
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| 70%.But wait, there's more. "It turns out | | | | |
| that milk, cheese, and | | | | ate few high-water foods like salads, |
| | | | fruits, skim milk.Psychological satisfaction |
| yogurt are much more effective than calcium | | | | is 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. Like | | | | your hunger. If |
| phytochemicals | | | | |
| | | | you don't enjoy foods, you are not in the |
| found in fruits and vegetables, there's more | | | | long run going to |
| than vitamins | | | | |
| | | | sustain the eating pattern. That's where |
| and minerals in dairy products. "They are | | | | people go wrong, |
| not classically | | | | |
| | | | they go too extreme, so they're on the same |
| nutrients, but are recognized as having | | | | old dieting |
| beneficial effects."Fat Calories Still Count, | | | | |
| But Calcium Will Change Your Body | | | | roller coaster."Make The Weight Loss |
| | | | SwitchRolls' theories are right on |
| CompositionDairy isn't a weight-loss | | | | |
| miracle, says Zemel. Calories | | | | the money, says Hassan. "There's a lot of |
| | | | research to back |
| still count. But even if you don't restrict | | | | |
| calories, taking | | | | this up. Foods with high water content take |
| | | | longer to eat, |
| in more calcium will change your body | | | | |
| composition. You're | | | | and they generally leave people feeling |
| | | | fuller. People feel |
| shifting calories from fat to lean body | | | | |
| mass. "On the | | | | better when their plate is full and their |
| | | | stomach is full."Her advice:Drink two glasses |
| scales, you may not see a change. But we've | | | | of 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 milk | | | | small 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 just | | | | vegetables, 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, a | | | | would 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 fat | | | | yogurt. "You won't be famished, so you won't |
| | | | eat a whole |
| oxidation or fat burning, and that results | | | | |
| in greater fat | | | | basket 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 in | | | | or light cocoa, or have two cups |
| which obese men consumed two cups of | | | | strawberries with light |
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| low-fat yogurt a day, and made no other | | | | cool whip. "It's a great dessert and only |
| changes in their | | | | 100 calories," |
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| diet. They lost an average of 11 pounds over | | | | Hassan says.Tea is calorie-free, has less |
| the course of a | | | | caffeine than coffee, and |
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| year.Water Heavy Foods Tell Your Brain | | | | is 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 the | | | | WebMD. "Sip |
| stomach that | | | | |
| | | | tea to get full, but I would never tell |
| tell the brain you're sufficiently fed, says | | | | someone it would |
| Barbara Rolls, | | | | |
| | | | boost metabolism."The bottom line for weight |
| PhD, a professor at Pennsylvania State | | | | loss, follow a reduced-calorie, |
| University and author | | | | |
| | | | healthy eating plan, get regular exercise, |
| of The Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan: Feel | | | | and 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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| ingredient to weight management. "People | | | | publish this article free of charge as |
| don't like to deny | | | | |
| | | | long as the bylines are included. |