New research shows once again that calculating calories is not necessarily the best way to lose weight.
Early lunch:
A study by the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom followed a group of ten women for a month. During the first two weeks they had a generous breakfast at 7:30 in the morning. Then for two more weeks they did not have lunch but took a snack around 10:30 in the morning, thus constituting their first meal of the day.
The conclusion of the study is that during the two weeks of the early morning breakfast, the participants consumed 91 calories (this calorie drop was not calculated but occurred automatically) per day less than during the period when they avoided breakfast in favor of the 10:30 am snack. Those 91 fewer calories per day represent a weight loss of 1 pound over 5 weeks. It may not seem like much, but it still represents 10 pounds over a year.
Eat vegetarian:
Another British study of 36 people who followed a vegetarian diet over a six-month period lowered their average daily intake by 191 calories. Here it represents a loss of 2 pounds per month!
Eat nuts:
An analysis of nine major studies confirms that replacing foods containing unhealthy fats with almonds, walnuts, pistachios, peanuts and pecans is a step towards achieving and maintaining a healthy weight.