Eating These Foods Could Help You Lose Weight – APPLES!
June 27, 2009 by Mohamed
Filed under Weight Loss
I’m always looking for the magic pill to help lose weight – of course, I know that there isn’t any – but there is a lot of research done around other foods that may aid in weight loss. Here are several foods that could help you lose weight. I’ve tried to document as much detail as possible and provide links to credible sites that offer back-up information — typically these are GOV websites where the research should be valid and credible.
Power Food – Apples
A study was done back in 2003 that wanted to answer the question whether there is weight loss associated with a daily intake of three apples or three pears among overweight women.
The research was conducted by:
Conceição de Oliveira M, Sichieri R, Sanchez Moura A.
Instituto de Medicina Social, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
OBJECTIVE: We investigated the effect of fruit intake on body weight change.
METHODS: Hypercholesterolemic, overweight (body mass index > 25 kg/m2), and non-smoking women, 30 to 50 yrs of age, were randomized to receive, free of charge, one of three dietary supplements: apples, pears, or oat cookies.
Women were instructed to eat one supplement three times a day in a total of six meals a day.
Participants (411 women) were recruited at a primary care center of the State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Fifty-one women had fasting blood cholesterol levels greater than 6.2 mM/L (240 mg/dL) and 49 were randomized.
Subjects were instructed by a dietitian to eat a diet (55% of energy from carbohydrate, 15% from protein, and 30% from fat) to encourage weight reduction at the rate of 1 kg/mo.
RESULTS: After 12 wk of follow-up, the fruit group lost 1.22 kg (95% confidence interval = 0.44-1.85), whereas the oat group had a non-significant weight loss of 0.88 kg (0.37-2.13).
The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P = 0.004).
To explore further the body weight loss associated with fruit intake, we measured the ratio of glucose to insulin. A significantly greater decrease of blood glucose was observed among those who had eaten fruits compared with those who had eaten oat cookies, but the glucose:insulin ratio was not statistically different from baseline to follow-up. Adherence to the diet was high, as indicated by changes in serum triacylglycerols, total cholesterol, and reported fruit intake. Fruit intake in the oat group throughout treatment was minimal.
CONCLUSIONS: Intake of fruits may contribute to weight loss.
Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12620529
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I’ll present other foods over the next few days.
Here is to your health!
Mohamed
