Achieve Maximum Weight Loss by Eating Soup!
Gail Davis
July 17, 2008
Like most people, you probably crave soup when it´s cold outside and you need to be warmed up. What you may not know is that making soup a regular part of your meals can lead to big rewards on the scale!
One of the biggest advantages of eating soup is that it is amazingly filling and satisfying! A Purdue University study even found that soups, unlike most liquids, have a high satiety effect, comparable to solid foods. Study participants who ate soup consumed fewer daily calories, leading researchers to believe that having soup before a meal helps reduce hunger and increase feelings of fullness.
A similar study conducted at Penn State found that individuals could lower their caloric intake by 20% just by eating a bowl of low-calorie soup before their meal. With the exception of the creamy varieties, most soups tend to be low in calories, and therefore healthy.
Another advantage of making soup a regular part of your menu is that it can save you time in the kitchen. Multi-ingredient soups tend to be labor-intensive but a full pot could last up to a week! Soups also freeze well, so making an additional amount for later can help save more time.
Soups are delicious when made with tomatoes, onions, peppers, carrots, celery, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and squash. So a third major advantage would be that eating soup makes it easy to satisfy your daily vegetable requirements of 2-3 cups.
Soups are easy to make and require no culinary skill. There are many easy low-calorie, healthy recipes available. A large pot, filled with cut vegetables and low-fat, low-sodium chicken broth, can make a delicious appetizer or meal in an hour.
An additional benefit of eating low-calorie soup is the important fiber it provides. Adults should have 25-35 grams each day and eating vegetable-packed soup will help reach that goal in no time.
Probably the biggest concern that people have about eating soup is the fact that it´s usually high in sodium. Most manufacturers now make low-sodium versions of their most popular soups, but making it at home, from scratch, will allow you to control the ingredients.
So if weight loss is your goal, quit thinking of soup as a winter food and start thinking of it as a daily necessity. Enjoying soup as an appetizer or as a meal will help you slim down while feeling satisfied.
One of the biggest advantages of eating soup is that it is amazingly filling and satisfying! A Purdue University study even found that soups, unlike most liquids, have a high satiety effect, comparable to solid foods. Study participants who ate soup consumed fewer daily calories, leading researchers to believe that having soup before a meal helps reduce hunger and increase feelings of fullness.
A similar study conducted at Penn State found that individuals could lower their caloric intake by 20% just by eating a bowl of low-calorie soup before their meal. With the exception of the creamy varieties, most soups tend to be low in calories, and therefore healthy.
Another advantage of making soup a regular part of your menu is that it can save you time in the kitchen. Multi-ingredient soups tend to be labor-intensive but a full pot could last up to a week! Soups also freeze well, so making an additional amount for later can help save more time.
Soups are delicious when made with tomatoes, onions, peppers, carrots, celery, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and squash. So a third major advantage would be that eating soup makes it easy to satisfy your daily vegetable requirements of 2-3 cups.
Soups are easy to make and require no culinary skill. There are many easy low-calorie, healthy recipes available. A large pot, filled with cut vegetables and low-fat, low-sodium chicken broth, can make a delicious appetizer or meal in an hour.
An additional benefit of eating low-calorie soup is the important fiber it provides. Adults should have 25-35 grams each day and eating vegetable-packed soup will help reach that goal in no time.
Probably the biggest concern that people have about eating soup is the fact that it´s usually high in sodium. Most manufacturers now make low-sodium versions of their most popular soups, but making it at home, from scratch, will allow you to control the ingredients.
So if weight loss is your goal, quit thinking of soup as a winter food and start thinking of it as a daily necessity. Enjoying soup as an appetizer or as a meal will help you slim down while feeling satisfied.