Today’s blog is a smattering of fat-fighting tidbits I’ve picked up lately. I don’t know if they’re all NEW to you, but they were to me.
1. In an Arizona State University study, subjects who had four teaspoons of vinegar before a high carb meal didn’t experience the blood sugar spike which often causes people to eat more later. On average, the subjects’ daily food consumption went down 200 calories. (Recipes to follow.)
2. More on vinegar – a Swedish study found that people who dipped their bread in vinegar, as the Italians do, felt fuller. Their theory is that vinegar slows the passage of food through the intestinal tract, making the stomach feel full longer. [I’d lay odds that the reason is the one given in #1, but this confirms the fat-fighting power of vinegar.]
3. Another blood sugar spike controller – cinnamon. A USDA study showed that just ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon a day lowered blood sugar, cholesterol and triglycerides.
4. It appears that protein, as well as vinegar and sugar, can help prevent spikes in blood sugar which cause food cravings. A multicenter study of thirty overweight women found that those who had two high-protein scrambled eggs along with two slices of high-carb toast and low-cal fruit spread consumed significantly less for the next 36 hours than women who started the day with a high-carb bagel breakfast with the same total calories.
More next time …
Tags: fight fat, new research, weight-losing tips
Friday, August 17, 2007
NEW Fat-Fighting Tips!
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2 comments:
Interesting stuff. Sounds like I need to eat more vinegar. I try to use apple cider vinegar in my salad dressings and marinades. I wonder if that counts:)
Absolutely! Well at least the vinegar you actually eat, as opposed to marinade which gets poured down the drain. ;-)
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