Soup is good for you! Maybe not the canned varieties from the store – but old-fashioned, homemade soup promotes weight loss. Is There a link between soups and weight loss?Mediterranean food rich in fruits vegetables and fish has a high nutritional value in terms of fighting obesity, brain strokes and coronary heart diseases. Scientific Research as well as Dietitians prefer Mediterranean food over ketogenic diet in heart diseases patients in terms of health benefits in addition to weight loss and prevention of diabetes and premature death.
The Mediterranean diet is actually delicious with positive health benefits. Being adopted as diet style in countries laying on the Mediterranean Sea as Spain and France and hence the name. Mediterranean diet can help lower blood pressure and control blood sugar levels. 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 more weight 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.
Famous Soups in the Mediterranean Diet:
Cabbage Soup Chicken and chicken pea soup Ravioli and Vegetables Soup. Minestrone with endive and pepperpni white bean soup with tomatoes and shrimps Chickpea and spinach Stew Chickpea and Chorizo and spinach soup Chicken and White bean soup Mediterranean Stew Celery and Parmesan Minestrone Fish Stew
Here’s a great recipe for soups and weight loss:
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 low-sodium 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.
Limit the amount of packaged foods you consume, the fresher the food, the better.
Eat at least 5 servings of vegetables per day. Vegetables regulate hunger and blood sugar levels, which are two critical factors in controlling caloric intake and losing fat. If you’re going to meet a daily minimum, make it with vegetables.