Skip This One Food. You'll Weigh Less

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Skip This One Food. You'll Weigh Less

 

Women who don't eat meat or eat just a small amount are less likely to be

overweight or obese than their friends who do eat meat, Reuters reports of a new

study from Tufts University in Boston.

 

While 40 percent of meat-eaters were overweight or obese, only 25 to 29

percent of vegetarians and vegans were overweight or obese. The big takeaway

from

the study is not that you need to become vegetarian, but rather replace some

meat and other animal products in your diet with plant food to help control your

weight.

 

Dietary information on more than 55,000 healthy, middle-aged Swedish women

was analyzed, and those who identified themselves as vegetarian (eat no meat,

fish or eggs), semivegetarian (eat fish and eggs but no meat) or vegan (eat no

meat, fish, eggs or dairy products) tended to weigh less than those who ate

meat and were less likely to be overweight or obese. The vegans were 66 percent

less likely than meat-eaters to be overweight or obese, while the two

vegetarian groups were 50 percent less likely to be overweight. This held true

even

when other factors, such as age, exercise and total calorie count, were

included.

 

 

These findings do contradict the popular high-protein, low-carbohydrate

weight loss regimen. While vegetarians definitely eat more carbohydrates than

meat-eaters, those carbs tend to be healthier, including fruits, vegetables and

whole grains. These carbs are packed with fiber, which help you feel full and

are

important nutrients for good overall health.

 

Research leader P. Kirstin Newby emphasized that one didn't have to shun meat

and other animal products entirely, noting that semivegetarians who eat fish

and eggs also had a lower risk of being overweight, reports Reuters.

 

The study findings were published in the American Journal of Clinical

Nutrition.

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

What I'd give to have the guts to send this to the overweight people on my

e-mailing list.

It's sad, though, most people would rather be fat than give up meat.

 

Kadee Sedtal

 

grow514 wrote: Skip This One Food.

You'll Weigh Less

 

Women who don't eat meat or eat just a small amount are less likely to be

overweight or obese than their friends who do eat meat, Reuters reports of a

new

study from Tufts University in Boston.

 

While 40 percent of meat-eaters were overweight or obese, only 25 to 29

percent of vegetarians and vegans were overweight or obese. The big takeaway

from

the study is not that you need to become vegetarian, but rather replace some

meat and other animal products in your diet with plant food to help control

your

weight.

 

Dietary information on more than 55,000 healthy, middle-aged Swedish women

was analyzed, and those who identified themselves as vegetarian (eat no meat,

fish or eggs), semivegetarian (eat fish and eggs but no meat) or vegan (eat no

meat, fish, eggs or dairy products) tended to weigh less than those who ate

meat and were less likely to be overweight or obese. The vegans were 66 percent

less likely than meat-eaters to be overweight or obese, while the two

vegetarian groups were 50 percent less likely to be overweight. This held true

even

when other factors, such as age, exercise and total calorie count, were

included.

 

These findings do contradict the popular high-protein, low-carbohydrate

weight loss regimen. While vegetarians definitely eat more carbohydrates than

meat-eaters, those carbs tend to be healthier, including fruits, vegetables and

whole grains. These carbs are packed with fiber, which help you feel full and

are

important nutrients for good overall health.

 

Research leader P. Kirstin Newby emphasized that one didn't have to shun meat

and other animal products entirely, noting that semivegetarians who eat fish

and eggs also had a lower risk of being overweight, reports Reuters.

 

The study findings were published in the American Journal of Clinical

Nutrition.

 

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Thanks for the information you sent me. It is educational and have causioned

me on lot's of things because I consider myself overweight.I am 6ft 7inch tall

weighing 180lbs. I'm trying to loss atleast 30 to 35lbs. Thanks again.

 

grow514 wrote:

Skip This One Food. You'll Weigh Less

 

Women who don't eat meat or eat just a small amount are less likely to be

overweight or obese than their friends who do eat meat, Reuters reports of a new

study from Tufts University in Boston.

 

While 40 percent of meat-eaters were overweight or obese, only 25 to 29

percent of vegetarians and vegans were overweight or obese. The big takeaway

from

the study is not that you need to become vegetarian, but rather replace some

meat and other animal products in your diet with plant food to help control your

weight.

 

Dietary information on more than 55,000 healthy, middle-aged Swedish women

was analyzed, and those who identified themselves as vegetarian (eat no meat,

fish or eggs), semivegetarian (eat fish and eggs but no meat) or vegan (eat no

meat, fish, eggs or dairy products) tended to weigh less than those who ate

meat and were less likely to be overweight or obese. The vegans were 66 percent

less likely than meat-eaters to be overweight or obese, while the two

vegetarian groups were 50 percent less likely to be overweight. This held true

even

when other factors, such as age, exercise and total calorie count, were

included.

 

These findings do contradict the popular high-protein, low-carbohydrate

weight loss regimen. While vegetarians definitely eat more carbohydrates than

meat-eaters, those carbs tend to be healthier, including fruits, vegetables and

whole grains. These carbs are packed with fiber, which help you feel full and

are

important nutrients for good overall health.

 

Research leader P. Kirstin Newby emphasized that one didn't have to shun meat

and other animal products entirely, noting that semivegetarians who eat fish

and eggs also had a lower risk of being overweight, reports Reuters.

 

The study findings were published in the American Journal of Clinical

Nutrition.