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Don't save a delicious hot bowl of soup for a cold and dreary winter day. If you make soup a regular part of your diet, it can lead to impressive results on the scale! Everyone knows that soup is wonderfully filling and satisfying. Unlike most liquids, soup has a high satiety effect, comparable to solid foods, according to a study conducted at Purdue University. Participants who ate soup consumed fewer calories overall, leading researchers to conclude that soup eaten before a meal, or as a meal, helps reduce hunger and increase feelings of fullness. How would you like to lower your caloric intake by 20%? A study at Penn State found that you could do that, just by eating a bowl of low-calorie soup before your meal. Except for the creamy ones, soups tend to be very healthy and lower in calories than many other choices. Making and eating soup can be a time-saver! Sure, multi-ingredient soups can be a little labor intensive, but the wonderful thing is that you do it once and then enjoy the pot of soup the rest of the week. Soup also freezes well, so you can make and enjoy it now, and freeze some for later. You could easily satisfy your vegetable requirement of 2-3 cups with a couple of bowls of soup. Imagine all the wonderful vitamins and minerals that you'll be consuming. Squash, cauliflower, broccoli, tomatoes, peppers, onions, celery, carrots, and cabbage are all delicious and healthy when added to soup. Soups are easy to make and require no culinary skill. There a many scrumptious, low-calorie recipes easily available. A large pot, filled with cut vegetables and low-fat, low-sodium chicken broth, can make a delicious appetizer or meal in an hour. Another great advantage of eating soup is the fiber it provides. Adults should eat 25-35 grams each day. A flavorful, vegetable-packed bowl of soup will help you reach that goal in record time! Many people are concerned with the fact that soup often tends to be high in sodium. Manufacturers are listening and most of them now make low-sodium versions of their most popular varieties. Of course, if you make your soup at home, from scratch, you get to control the ingredients. If you're striving to lose weight, then don't think of soup as seasonal. Make it a part of your daily menu. Remember that there are many cold versions of soup and even soups made from fruit. The varieties are limitless. Shed those pesky pounds while enjoying the healthy benefits of soup!
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