Recent research has shown that eating larger portions of healthy food is actually more important than dieting when it comes to staying slim, say scientists. The study, which has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine, involved 120,000 people, and was monitored over a period of 20 years
The US team of scientists have found that people who increased their intake of more high-fibre food like nuts, fruit, yoghurt and vegetables actually lost weight.
'...their inverse associations with weight gain suggest that the increase in their consumption reduced the intake of other foods to a greater (caloric) extent, decreasing the overall amount of energy consumed. Higher fibre content and slower digestion of these foods would augment satiety, and their increased consumption would also displace other, more highly processed foods in the diet...'
The Harvard School of Public Health researchers believe consumption of these products left less room for fatty foods.
Unsurprisingly, the food linked to the greatest amount of weight gain was chips. An extra daily portion led to an increase in weight of over 3 lbs in four years.
Similar results were seen among people who consumed extra portions of crisps, sugary drinks and meats. However, there was less weight gain as time went on among people who ate more of certain foods, such as yoghurt, vegetables, fruits and whole grains.
For example, an extra helping of yoghurt led to a fall in weight of 0.37 kilos (0.82lbs) and for vegetables it was 0.1 kilos (0.22lbs).
Therefore, in order to lose weight healthily and then to maintain the weight loss there after, a diet high in fruit and nuts might just be the answer.
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