Best Foods for Weight Loss

5 Slimming and Nutritious Foods

The following choices are nutrient dense and have been scientifically proven to fill you up, shrink your appetite, or help you drop pounds
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Grapefruit

This citrus fruit won weight-loss fame after a study found that people who ate half a grapefruit with each meal lost 3.6 pounds, while those who drank a serving of grapefruit juice three times a day lost 3.3 pounds. Many people in the study lost more than 10 pounds without making any other changes to their diets! If downing that much tartness leaves you puckered, try grapefruit as a delicious low-cal dessert: Add a tiny bit of honey, sprinkle on some cardamom, and leave it under the broiler for two to three minutes. (Want to add more creativity to your diet? Get some tasty tips from this waist-slimmng cookbook.)

Simple and Healthy Smoothies

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