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Weight Loss Tips: Stall Sugar With Your Diet
The 7 Simplest Rules For Weight Loss
Use these seven rules to tap into the power of foods that can naturally slow sugar absorption, so you can keep eating meals you love
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Sugar-Blocking Bites
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Have a Fatty Snack 10 to 30 Minutes Before Your Meals
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Start Your Meal With a Salad
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Have Some Vinegar
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Include Protein With Your Meal
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Eat Lightly Cooked Vegetables
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Have A Glass Of Wine With Dinner
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Eat Sweets For Dessert Only
Eat Lightly Cooked Vegetables
Reason: You digest them more slowly
Both fruits and vegetables contain soluble fiber. As a rule, though, vegetables make better sugar blockers, because they have more fiber and less sugar.
Video: Find out how broccoli can help drop those extra pounds
But don't cook your vegetables to mush. Boiling vegetables until they're limp and soggy saturates the soluble fiber, filling it with water so it can't absorb the sugar and starch you want it to. Also, crisp vegetables are chunkier when they reach your stomach, and larger food particles take longer to digest, so you'll feel full longer. Another tip: Roasted vegetables like cauliflower can often serve as a delicious starch substitute.
Healthy Comfort Food Swaps
Both fruits and vegetables contain soluble fiber. As a rule, though, vegetables make better sugar blockers, because they have more fiber and less sugar.
Video: Find out how broccoli can help drop those extra pounds
But don't cook your vegetables to mush. Boiling vegetables until they're limp and soggy saturates the soluble fiber, filling it with water so it can't absorb the sugar and starch you want it to. Also, crisp vegetables are chunkier when they reach your stomach, and larger food particles take longer to digest, so you'll feel full longer. Another tip: Roasted vegetables like cauliflower can often serve as a delicious starch substitute.
Healthy Comfort Food Swaps
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