I found this article on the healthhabits website (http://www.health habits.ca/)
Sneaky Weight Loss Trick
February 8, 2011 By healthhabits
Let me introduce you to the simplest weight loss trick of all time: Preloading.
The next time you are on diet (calorie restriction), I want you to preload your tummy (20 minutes before a meal) with either:
- 1/2 a normal sized grapefruit (GF), or
- 127 grams / 4.5 oz of unsweetened grapefruit juice (GFJ), or
- 127 grams / 4.5 oz of water
If you do this, you should expect to see these kind of results over the next 2 weeks.
- average calorie intake decreased by 21% in GF group, 29% in GFJ group, and 28% in water group
- an increase in “good cholesterol” HDL-C from baseline by 6.2% in the GF group and 8.2% in the GFJ group
- an average weight loss across all groups of 7.1% of initial body weight – minimal diff between groups
- 5.8 ± 3.9 kg weight loss for the GF group,
- 5.9 ± 3.6 kg weight loss for the GFJ group and
- 6.7 ± 3.1 kg weight loss for the water group
All thanks to drinking or eating 127 grams of unsweetened grapefruit juice or water 20 minutes before each meal.
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Pretty cool.
For more information the link to the study is: http://nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/pdf/1743-7075-8-8.pdf
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