If you’re overweight, you are not a bad person. You’re simply overweight. But it’s important to lose the extra
pounds so you’ll look good, feel healthier and develop a sense of pride and self-esteem. Once you’ve lost the
fat, you’ll need to maintain your weight.
In this booklet, you’ll discover how to lose 10 pounds a month a nice, safe loss of about two or two and a
half pounds a week –painlessly. You’ll feel satisfied and more energetic than in the past without feeling
deprived.
Most Americans pack on those extra pounds by eating the wrong things. Changing these poor eating habits
is the key to long-term success. Knowledge –along with the right food –is the key.
When humans lived in caves, they didn’t know anything about preserving and storing food. They spent all
their waking time and energy huntingand gathering food. When they had it, they gobbled it down fast.
Instead of storing food in pantries or cupboards, they stored energy in their bodies in the form offat to
burn during periods when there was little or nothing to eat.
Each year, it was absolutely vital for them to put on a good layer of fat during the warm sprint and summer
months. That was the only way they could guarantee their survival during the lean and mean winter months.
And since women bore the young, they needed more energy to sustain themselves and their babies, and that
meant they were usually heavier.
Even though we no longer live in caves, we have inherited and maintained this basic mechanism for fat
storage from our hunting and gathering ancestors.
Each one of us is born with a certain number of fat cells. How many of these fat cells you possess depends
on genetics. If you have a lot of fat cells, maybe your ancestors were the biggest people in the tribe, which
was a good thing because they had the best chances of survival.
You can never get rid of fat cells,but unfortunately you can add to them. Depending upon what you eat,
your body will manufacture new far cells. And like those you were born with, they never go away.
That doesn’t mean you’re doomed to be fat once you put on extra pounds. It is possible to shrink fat cells.
That’s what happens when you lose weight. You burn up the fat stored in those big fat cells. Think of them
as balloons. Burning off the fat inside them has the save effect as letting the air out of a balloon.
A good weight loss program requires a certain amount of intake restriction –the consumption of fewer
calories. You burn off the fat by eating less fat and becoming more active.
Fat Burning Basics
If you’re overweight, you are not a bad person. You’re simply overweight. But it’s important to lose the extra
pounds so you’ll look good, feel healthier and develop a sense of pride and self-esteem. Once you’ve lost the
fat, you’ll need to maintain your weight.
In this booklet, you’ll discover how to lose 10 pounds a month a nice, safe loss of about two or twoanda
half pounds a week –painlessly. You’ll feel satisfied and more energetic than in the past without feeling
deprived.
Most Americans pack on those extra pounds by eating the wrong things. Changing these poor eating habits
is the key to long-term success. Knowledge –along with the right food –is the key.
When humans lived in caves, they didn’t know anything about preserving and storing food. They spent all
their waking time and energy huntingand gathering food. When they had it, they gobbled it down fast.
Instead of storing food in pantries or cupboards, they stored energy in their bodies in the form offat to
burn during periods when there was little or nothing to eat.
Each year, it was absolutely vital for them to put on a good layer of fat during the warm sprint and summer
months. That was the only way they could guarantee their survival during the lean and mean winter months.
And since women bore the young, they needed more energy to sustain themselves and their babies, and that
meant they were usually heavier.
Even though we no longer live in caves, we have inherited and maintained this basic mechanism for fat
storage from our hunting and gathering ancestors.
Each one of us is born with a certain number of fat cells. How many of these fat cells you possess depends
on genetics. If you have a lot of fat cells, maybe your ancestors were the biggest people in the tribe, which
was a good thing because they had the best chances of survival.
You can never get rid of fat cells,but unfortunately you can add to them. Depending upon what you eat,
your body will manufacture new far cells. And like those you were born with, they never go away.
That doesn’t mean you’re doomed to be fat once you put on extra pounds. It is possible to shrink fat cells.
That’s what happens when you lose weight. You burn up the fat stored in those big fat cells. Think of them
as balloons. Burning off the fat inside them has the save effect as letting the air out of a balloon.
A good weight loss program requires a certain amount of intake restriction –the consumption of fewer
calories. You burn off the fat by eating less fat and becoming more active.
To guarantee a lifetime of weightcontrol success, you have to change the typeof foods you eat, so that you
ingest less fat and still get the vitamins, minerals, trace elements, protein, fat and carbohydrates your body
needs to thrive.
Extremely lowcalorie diets may help you shed pounds quickly, but they’ll lead to failure in the long run.
That’s because humans are genetically protected against starvation. During food shortages, our bodies slow
down our metabolisms and burn less energy so we can stay alive.
A part of our brain called the hypothalamus keeps us on an even weight keepby creating a “setpoint.”
That’s the weight where we feel comfortable. The hypothalamus determines this point based on the level of
consumption it’s used to. It seeks to keep our weight constant, even if that point is over what it should be.
When we drastically cut back our food intake, the brain thinks the body is starving, and in an effort to
preserve life, it slows the metabolism. Soon the pounds stop coming off. Consequently, we grow hungry and
uncomfortable and then eat more. And then the diet fails.
How can you compensate for this metabolic slowdown? The answer is that you have to change the
nutritional composition of the foods you eat. You will have tocut down on total calories –that’s absolutely
basic to weight loss. More important, however, is reducing the percentage of total calories you are getting
from fat.
That’s how you’ll avoid starvation panic in your system. At the same time, you reduce the amount of fat in
your food, replacing it with safe, low calorie, nutrientrich plant foods. This will convince your brain that
your body is getting all the nutrition it needs.
In fact, you’ll be able to eat more food and feel more satisfied while consuming fewer calories and fats.
Plant foods break down slowly in your stomach, making you feel full longer, and they are rich in vitamins,
minerals, trace elements, carbohydrates and protein for energy and musclebuilding. This allows your body
to burn off its excess stored fat.
Fat Burning Foods
Each one of the following foods is clinically proven to promote weight loss. These foods go a step beyond
simply adding no fat to your system –they possess special properties that add zip to your system and help
your body melt away unhealthy pounds. These incredible foods can suppress your appetite for junk food
and keep yourbody running smoothly with clean fuel and efficient energy.
You can include these foods in any sensible weight-loss plan. They give your body the extra metabolic kick
that it needs to shave off weight quickly.
A sensible weight loss plan calls for no fewer that 1,200 calories per day. But Dr. Charles Klein recommends
consuming more that that, if you can believe it –1,500 to 1,800 calories per day. He says you will still lose
weight quite effectively at that intake level without endangering your health.
Hunger is satisfied more completely by filling the stomach. Ounce for ounce, the foods listed below
accomplish that better than any others. At the same time, they’re rich in nutrients and possess special fat
melting talents.
Apples
These marvels of nature deserve their reputation for keeping the doctor away when you eat one a day. And
now, it seems, they can help you melt the fat away, too.
First of all, they elevate your blood glucose (sugar) levels in a safe, gentle manner and keep them up longer
than most foods. The practical effect of this is to leave you feeling satisfied longer, say researchers.
Secondly, they’re one of the richest sources of soluble fiber in the supermarket. This type of fiber prevents
hunger pangs by guarding against dangerous swings or drops in your blood sugar level, says Dr. James
Anderson of the University of Kentucky’s School of Medicine.
An average size apple provides only 81 calories and has no sodium, saturated fat or cholesterol. You’ll also
get the addedhealth benefitsof lowering the level of cholesterol already in your blood as well as lowering
your blood pressure.
Whole Grain Bread
You needn’t dread bread. It’s the butter, margarine or cream cheese you put on it that’s fattening, not the
bread itself. We’ll say thisas often as needed –fat is fattening. If you don’t believe that, ponder this –a gram
of carbohydrate has four calories, a gram of protein four, and a gram of fat nine. So which of these is really
fattening?
Bread, a natural source of fiber and complex carbohydrates, is okay for dieting. Norwegian scientist Dr.
Bjarne Jacobsen found that people who eat less than two slices of bread daily weigh about 11 pounds more
that those who eat a lot of bread.
Studies at Michigan State University show somebreads actually reduce the appetite. Researchers compared
white bread to dark, high-fiber bread and found that students who ate 12 slices a day of the dark, high-fiber
bread felt less hunger on a daily basis and lost five pounds in two months. Others who ate whitebread were
hungrier, ate more fattening foods and lost no weight during this time.
So the key is eating dark, rich, high-fiber breads such as pumpernickel, whole wheat, mixed grain, oatmeal
and others. The average slice of whole grain bread contains only60 to 70 calories, is rich in complex
carbohydrates –the best, steadiest fuel you can give your body –and delivers surprising amount of protein.
Coffee
Easy does it is the password here. We’ve all heard about potential dangers of caffeine including anxiety
and insomnia –so moderation is the key.
The caffeine in coffee can speed up the metabolism. In nutritional circles, it’s known as a metabolic
enhancer, according to Dr. Judith Stern of the University of California at Davis.
This makes sense, since caffeine is a stimulant. Studies show it can help you burn more calories than normal,
perhaps up to 10 percent more. For safety’s sake, it’s best to limit your intake to a single cup in the morning
and one in the afternoon. Add only skim milk to tit andtry doing without sugar many people learn to love
it that way.
Grapefruit
There’s good reason for this traditional diet food to be a regular part of your diet. It helps dissolve fat and
cholesterol, according to Dr. James Cerd of the University of Florida. An average sized grapefruit has 74
calories, delivers a whopping 15 grams of pectin (the special fiber linked to lowering cholesterol and fat), is
high in vitamin C and potassium and is free of fat and sodium.
It’s rich in natural galacturonic acid, which adds to its potency as a fat and cholesterol fighter. The additional
benefit here is assistance in the battle against atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and the development
of heart disease. Try sprinkling it with cinnamon rather than sugar to take away some of the tart taste.
Mustard
Try the hot, spicy kind you find in Asian import stores, specialty shops and exotic groceries. Dr. Jaya Henry
of Oxford Polytechnic Institute in England, found that the amount of hot mustard normally called forin
Mexican, Indian and Asianrecipes, about one teaspoon, temporarily speeds up the metabolism, just as
caffeine and the drug ephedrine do.
“But mustard is natural and totally safe,” Henry says. “It can be used every day, and it really works. I was
shocked to discover it can speed up the metabolism by as much as 20 to 25 percent for several hours.” This
can result in the body burning an extra 45 calories for every 700 consumed, Dr. Henry says.
Peppers
Hot, spicy chili peppers fall into the same category as hot mustard, Henry says. He studied them under the
same circumstances as the mustard and they worked just as well. A mere three grams of chili peppers were
added to a meal consisting of 766 total calories. The peppers’metabolism-raising properties worked like a
charm, leading to what Henry calls a dietinduced thermic effect. It doesn’t take much to create the effect.
Most salsa recipes call for four to eight chilies –that’s not a lot.
Peppers are astonishingly rich in vitamins A and C, abundant in calcium, phosphorus, iron and magnesium,
high in fiber, free of fat, low in sodium and have just 24 calories per cup.
Potatoes
We’ve got to be kidding, right? Wrong. Potatoes have developed the same “fattening” rap as bread, and it’s
unfair. Dr. John McDougal, director of the nutritional medicine clinic at St. Helena Hospital in Deer Park,
California, says, “An excellent food with which to achieve rapid weight loss is the potato, at 0.6 calories per
gram or about 85 calories per potato.” A great source of fiber and potassium, they lower cholesterol and
protect against strokes and heart disease.
Preparation and toppings are crucial. Steer clear of butter, milk and sour cream, or you’ll blow it. Opt for
yogurt instead.
Rice
An entire weight-loss plan, simple called the Rice Diet, was developed by Dr. William Kempner at Duke
University in Durham, North Carolina. The diet, dating to the 1930’s, makes rice the staple of your food
intake. Later on, you gradually mix in various fruits and vegetables.
It produces stunning weight loss and medical results. The diet has been shown to reverse and cure kidney
ailments and high blood pressure.
A cup of cooked rice (150 grams) contains about 178 calories approximately onethird the number of
calories found in an equivalent amount of beef or cheese. And remember, whole grain rice is much better
for you than white rice.
Soups
Soup is good for you! Maybe not the canned varieties from the store –but old-fashioned, homemade soup
promotes weight loss. A study by Dr. John Foreyt of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, found
that dieters who ate a bowl of soup before lunch and dinner lost moreweight than dieters who didn’t. In
fact, the more soup they ate, the more weight they lost. And soup eaters tend to keep the weight off longer.
Naturally, the type of soup you eat makes a difference. Cream soups or those made of beef or pork are not
your best bets. But here’s a great recipe:
Slice three large onions, three carrots, four stalks of celery, one zucchini and one yellow squash. Place in a
kettle. Add three cans crushed tomatoes, two packets lowsodium chicken bouillon, three cans water and
one cup white wine (optional). Add tarragon, basil, oregano, thyme and garlic powder. Boil, then simmer for
an hour. Serves six.
Spinach
Popeye really knew what he was talking about, according to Dr. Richard Shekelle, an epidemiologist at the
University of Texas. Spinach has the ability to lower cholesterol, rev up the metabolism and burn away fat.
Rich in iron, beta carotene and vitamins C and E, it supplies most of the nutrients you need.
Tofu
You just can’t say enough about this health food from Asia. Also called soybean curd, it’s basically tasteless,
so any spice or flavoring you add blends with it nicely. A 2½ ” square has 86 calories and nine grams of
protein. (Experts suggest an intake of about 40 grams per day.) Tofu contains calcium and iron, almost no
sodium and not a bit of saturated fat. It makes your metabolism run on high and even lowers cholesterol.
With different varieties available, the firmer tofus are goof for stirfrying or adding to soups and sauces while
the softer ones are good for mashing, chopping and adding to salads.
pounds so you’ll look good, feel healthier and develop a sense of pride and self-esteem. Once you’ve lost the
fat, you’ll need to maintain your weight.
In this booklet, you’ll discover how to lose 10 pounds a month a nice, safe loss of about two or two and a
half pounds a week –painlessly. You’ll feel satisfied and more energetic than in the past without feeling
deprived.
Most Americans pack on those extra pounds by eating the wrong things. Changing these poor eating habits
is the key to long-term success. Knowledge –along with the right food –is the key.
When humans lived in caves, they didn’t know anything about preserving and storing food. They spent all
their waking time and energy huntingand gathering food. When they had it, they gobbled it down fast.
Instead of storing food in pantries or cupboards, they stored energy in their bodies in the form offat to
burn during periods when there was little or nothing to eat.
Each year, it was absolutely vital for them to put on a good layer of fat during the warm sprint and summer
months. That was the only way they could guarantee their survival during the lean and mean winter months.
And since women bore the young, they needed more energy to sustain themselves and their babies, and that
meant they were usually heavier.
Even though we no longer live in caves, we have inherited and maintained this basic mechanism for fat
storage from our hunting and gathering ancestors.
Each one of us is born with a certain number of fat cells. How many of these fat cells you possess depends
on genetics. If you have a lot of fat cells, maybe your ancestors were the biggest people in the tribe, which
was a good thing because they had the best chances of survival.
You can never get rid of fat cells,but unfortunately you can add to them. Depending upon what you eat,
your body will manufacture new far cells. And like those you were born with, they never go away.
That doesn’t mean you’re doomed to be fat once you put on extra pounds. It is possible to shrink fat cells.
That’s what happens when you lose weight. You burn up the fat stored in those big fat cells. Think of them
as balloons. Burning off the fat inside them has the save effect as letting the air out of a balloon.
A good weight loss program requires a certain amount of intake restriction –the consumption of fewer
calories. You burn off the fat by eating less fat and becoming more active.
Fat Burning Basics
If you’re overweight, you are not a bad person. You’re simply overweight. But it’s important to lose the extra
pounds so you’ll look good, feel healthier and develop a sense of pride and self-esteem. Once you’ve lost the
fat, you’ll need to maintain your weight.
In this booklet, you’ll discover how to lose 10 pounds a month a nice, safe loss of about two or twoanda
half pounds a week –painlessly. You’ll feel satisfied and more energetic than in the past without feeling
deprived.
Most Americans pack on those extra pounds by eating the wrong things. Changing these poor eating habits
is the key to long-term success. Knowledge –along with the right food –is the key.
When humans lived in caves, they didn’t know anything about preserving and storing food. They spent all
their waking time and energy huntingand gathering food. When they had it, they gobbled it down fast.
Instead of storing food in pantries or cupboards, they stored energy in their bodies in the form offat to
burn during periods when there was little or nothing to eat.
Each year, it was absolutely vital for them to put on a good layer of fat during the warm sprint and summer
months. That was the only way they could guarantee their survival during the lean and mean winter months.
And since women bore the young, they needed more energy to sustain themselves and their babies, and that
meant they were usually heavier.
Even though we no longer live in caves, we have inherited and maintained this basic mechanism for fat
storage from our hunting and gathering ancestors.
Each one of us is born with a certain number of fat cells. How many of these fat cells you possess depends
on genetics. If you have a lot of fat cells, maybe your ancestors were the biggest people in the tribe, which
was a good thing because they had the best chances of survival.
You can never get rid of fat cells,but unfortunately you can add to them. Depending upon what you eat,
your body will manufacture new far cells. And like those you were born with, they never go away.
That doesn’t mean you’re doomed to be fat once you put on extra pounds. It is possible to shrink fat cells.
That’s what happens when you lose weight. You burn up the fat stored in those big fat cells. Think of them
as balloons. Burning off the fat inside them has the save effect as letting the air out of a balloon.
A good weight loss program requires a certain amount of intake restriction –the consumption of fewer
calories. You burn off the fat by eating less fat and becoming more active.
To guarantee a lifetime of weightcontrol success, you have to change the typeof foods you eat, so that you
ingest less fat and still get the vitamins, minerals, trace elements, protein, fat and carbohydrates your body
needs to thrive.
Extremely lowcalorie diets may help you shed pounds quickly, but they’ll lead to failure in the long run.
That’s because humans are genetically protected against starvation. During food shortages, our bodies slow
down our metabolisms and burn less energy so we can stay alive.
A part of our brain called the hypothalamus keeps us on an even weight keepby creating a “setpoint.”
That’s the weight where we feel comfortable. The hypothalamus determines this point based on the level of
consumption it’s used to. It seeks to keep our weight constant, even if that point is over what it should be.
When we drastically cut back our food intake, the brain thinks the body is starving, and in an effort to
preserve life, it slows the metabolism. Soon the pounds stop coming off. Consequently, we grow hungry and
uncomfortable and then eat more. And then the diet fails.
How can you compensate for this metabolic slowdown? The answer is that you have to change the
nutritional composition of the foods you eat. You will have tocut down on total calories –that’s absolutely
basic to weight loss. More important, however, is reducing the percentage of total calories you are getting
from fat.
That’s how you’ll avoid starvation panic in your system. At the same time, you reduce the amount of fat in
your food, replacing it with safe, low calorie, nutrientrich plant foods. This will convince your brain that
your body is getting all the nutrition it needs.
In fact, you’ll be able to eat more food and feel more satisfied while consuming fewer calories and fats.
Plant foods break down slowly in your stomach, making you feel full longer, and they are rich in vitamins,
minerals, trace elements, carbohydrates and protein for energy and musclebuilding. This allows your body
to burn off its excess stored fat.
Fat Burning Foods
Each one of the following foods is clinically proven to promote weight loss. These foods go a step beyond
simply adding no fat to your system –they possess special properties that add zip to your system and help
your body melt away unhealthy pounds. These incredible foods can suppress your appetite for junk food
and keep yourbody running smoothly with clean fuel and efficient energy.
You can include these foods in any sensible weight-loss plan. They give your body the extra metabolic kick
that it needs to shave off weight quickly.
A sensible weight loss plan calls for no fewer that 1,200 calories per day. But Dr. Charles Klein recommends
consuming more that that, if you can believe it –1,500 to 1,800 calories per day. He says you will still lose
weight quite effectively at that intake level without endangering your health.
Hunger is satisfied more completely by filling the stomach. Ounce for ounce, the foods listed below
accomplish that better than any others. At the same time, they’re rich in nutrients and possess special fat
melting talents.
Apples
These marvels of nature deserve their reputation for keeping the doctor away when you eat one a day. And
now, it seems, they can help you melt the fat away, too.
First of all, they elevate your blood glucose (sugar) levels in a safe, gentle manner and keep them up longer
than most foods. The practical effect of this is to leave you feeling satisfied longer, say researchers.
Secondly, they’re one of the richest sources of soluble fiber in the supermarket. This type of fiber prevents
hunger pangs by guarding against dangerous swings or drops in your blood sugar level, says Dr. James
Anderson of the University of Kentucky’s School of Medicine.
An average size apple provides only 81 calories and has no sodium, saturated fat or cholesterol. You’ll also
get the addedhealth benefitsof lowering the level of cholesterol already in your blood as well as lowering
your blood pressure.
Whole Grain Bread
You needn’t dread bread. It’s the butter, margarine or cream cheese you put on it that’s fattening, not the
bread itself. We’ll say thisas often as needed –fat is fattening. If you don’t believe that, ponder this –a gram
of carbohydrate has four calories, a gram of protein four, and a gram of fat nine. So which of these is really
fattening?
Bread, a natural source of fiber and complex carbohydrates, is okay for dieting. Norwegian scientist Dr.
Bjarne Jacobsen found that people who eat less than two slices of bread daily weigh about 11 pounds more
that those who eat a lot of bread.
Studies at Michigan State University show somebreads actually reduce the appetite. Researchers compared
white bread to dark, high-fiber bread and found that students who ate 12 slices a day of the dark, high-fiber
bread felt less hunger on a daily basis and lost five pounds in two months. Others who ate whitebread were
hungrier, ate more fattening foods and lost no weight during this time.
So the key is eating dark, rich, high-fiber breads such as pumpernickel, whole wheat, mixed grain, oatmeal
and others. The average slice of whole grain bread contains only60 to 70 calories, is rich in complex
carbohydrates –the best, steadiest fuel you can give your body –and delivers surprising amount of protein.
Coffee
Easy does it is the password here. We’ve all heard about potential dangers of caffeine including anxiety
and insomnia –so moderation is the key.
The caffeine in coffee can speed up the metabolism. In nutritional circles, it’s known as a metabolic
enhancer, according to Dr. Judith Stern of the University of California at Davis.
This makes sense, since caffeine is a stimulant. Studies show it can help you burn more calories than normal,
perhaps up to 10 percent more. For safety’s sake, it’s best to limit your intake to a single cup in the morning
and one in the afternoon. Add only skim milk to tit andtry doing without sugar many people learn to love
it that way.
Grapefruit
There’s good reason for this traditional diet food to be a regular part of your diet. It helps dissolve fat and
cholesterol, according to Dr. James Cerd of the University of Florida. An average sized grapefruit has 74
calories, delivers a whopping 15 grams of pectin (the special fiber linked to lowering cholesterol and fat), is
high in vitamin C and potassium and is free of fat and sodium.
It’s rich in natural galacturonic acid, which adds to its potency as a fat and cholesterol fighter. The additional
benefit here is assistance in the battle against atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and the development
of heart disease. Try sprinkling it with cinnamon rather than sugar to take away some of the tart taste.
Mustard
Try the hot, spicy kind you find in Asian import stores, specialty shops and exotic groceries. Dr. Jaya Henry
of Oxford Polytechnic Institute in England, found that the amount of hot mustard normally called forin
Mexican, Indian and Asianrecipes, about one teaspoon, temporarily speeds up the metabolism, just as
caffeine and the drug ephedrine do.
“But mustard is natural and totally safe,” Henry says. “It can be used every day, and it really works. I was
shocked to discover it can speed up the metabolism by as much as 20 to 25 percent for several hours.” This
can result in the body burning an extra 45 calories for every 700 consumed, Dr. Henry says.
Peppers
Hot, spicy chili peppers fall into the same category as hot mustard, Henry says. He studied them under the
same circumstances as the mustard and they worked just as well. A mere three grams of chili peppers were
added to a meal consisting of 766 total calories. The peppers’metabolism-raising properties worked like a
charm, leading to what Henry calls a dietinduced thermic effect. It doesn’t take much to create the effect.
Most salsa recipes call for four to eight chilies –that’s not a lot.
Peppers are astonishingly rich in vitamins A and C, abundant in calcium, phosphorus, iron and magnesium,
high in fiber, free of fat, low in sodium and have just 24 calories per cup.
Potatoes
We’ve got to be kidding, right? Wrong. Potatoes have developed the same “fattening” rap as bread, and it’s
unfair. Dr. John McDougal, director of the nutritional medicine clinic at St. Helena Hospital in Deer Park,
California, says, “An excellent food with which to achieve rapid weight loss is the potato, at 0.6 calories per
gram or about 85 calories per potato.” A great source of fiber and potassium, they lower cholesterol and
protect against strokes and heart disease.
Preparation and toppings are crucial. Steer clear of butter, milk and sour cream, or you’ll blow it. Opt for
yogurt instead.
Rice
An entire weight-loss plan, simple called the Rice Diet, was developed by Dr. William Kempner at Duke
University in Durham, North Carolina. The diet, dating to the 1930’s, makes rice the staple of your food
intake. Later on, you gradually mix in various fruits and vegetables.
It produces stunning weight loss and medical results. The diet has been shown to reverse and cure kidney
ailments and high blood pressure.
A cup of cooked rice (150 grams) contains about 178 calories approximately onethird the number of
calories found in an equivalent amount of beef or cheese. And remember, whole grain rice is much better
for you than white rice.
Soups
Soup is good for you! Maybe not the canned varieties from the store –but old-fashioned, homemade soup
promotes weight loss. A study by Dr. John Foreyt of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, found
that dieters who ate a bowl of soup before lunch and dinner lost moreweight than dieters who didn’t. In
fact, the more soup they ate, the more weight they lost. And soup eaters tend to keep the weight off longer.
Naturally, the type of soup you eat makes a difference. Cream soups or those made of beef or pork are not
your best bets. But here’s a great recipe:
Slice three large onions, three carrots, four stalks of celery, one zucchini and one yellow squash. Place in a
kettle. Add three cans crushed tomatoes, two packets lowsodium chicken bouillon, three cans water and
one cup white wine (optional). Add tarragon, basil, oregano, thyme and garlic powder. Boil, then simmer for
an hour. Serves six.
Spinach
Popeye really knew what he was talking about, according to Dr. Richard Shekelle, an epidemiologist at the
University of Texas. Spinach has the ability to lower cholesterol, rev up the metabolism and burn away fat.
Rich in iron, beta carotene and vitamins C and E, it supplies most of the nutrients you need.
Tofu
You just can’t say enough about this health food from Asia. Also called soybean curd, it’s basically tasteless,
so any spice or flavoring you add blends with it nicely. A 2½ ” square has 86 calories and nine grams of
protein. (Experts suggest an intake of about 40 grams per day.) Tofu contains calcium and iron, almost no
sodium and not a bit of saturated fat. It makes your metabolism run on high and even lowers cholesterol.
With different varieties available, the firmer tofus are goof for stirfrying or adding to soups and sauces while
the softer ones are good for mashing, chopping and adding to salads.