Foods That Make You Thin
It's pretty clear which foods will let you feel full with the least amount of calories--fruits and green vegetables. Green vegetables, fresh fruit, and legumes again take the gold, silver, and bronze medals. Nothing else in the field is even close.
| Foods | Calories Per Pound | Calories Per Liter | Fiber Grams Per Pound |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oils | 3,900 | 7,700 | 0 |
| Potato chips of French fries | 2,600 | 3,000 | 0 |
| Meat | 2,000 | 3,000 | 0 |
| Cheese | 1,600 | 3,400 | 0 |
| White Bread | 1,300 | 1,500 | 0 |
| Chicken and Turkey (white meat) | 900 | 1,600 | 0 |
| Fish | 800 | 1,400 | 0 |
| Eggs | 700 | 1,350 | 0 |
| Whole Grains (wheat and rice) | 600 | 1,000 | 3 |
| Starchy Vegetables (potatoes and corn) | 350 | 600 | 4 |
| Beans | 350 | 500 | 5 |
| Fruits | 250 | 300 | 9 |
| Green Vegetables | 100 | 200 | 5 |
Green vegetables are so incredibly low in calories and rich in nutrients and fiber that the more you eat of them, the more weight you will lose. One of my secrets of nutritional excellence and superior healing is the one pound-one pound rule. That is, try to eat at least one pound of raw green vegetables a day and one pound of cooked/steamed or frozen green vegetables a day as well. One pound raw and one pound cooked--keep this goal in mind as you design and eat every meal. This may be too ambitious a goal for some of us to reach, but by working toward it, you will ensure the dietary balance and results you want. The more greens you eat, the more weight you will lose. The high volume of greens not only will be your secret to a thin waistline but will simultaneously protect you against life threatening illnesses.
Two quick questions:
1. Typically I eat a huge salad with a large mix of veggies every day but often wonder "is this anywhere near a pound of greens?" Then, today, I looked at one of the giant bins of pre-washed salad I buy at the supermarket and noticed that what I normally eat over the course of 3-4 days contained a single pound. Is there really anyone who eats that much leafy greens in a single day? I don't need to lose weight so I'm really just curious.
2. Is there a typo by Starchy Vegetables in the chart above? In the column for Calories per Pound Beans and Starches have the same value but under Calories per Liter Beans and Starches have different values. That doesn't seem right.
Omar
Omar! It is so easy to eat leafy greens (like kale, collards, bok choy, spinach, etc.) All you need is a powerful blender to make green smoothies or blended salads. Don't just use lettuce.
Green smoothie: Whole greens (not juiced!) in a blender with fruit to taste, blended on "high" is delicious! It should be sweet; so add enough fruit to make it so. I use a ton of greens, some fruit, and a bit of stevia; but you can just use a 60:40 Fruit:Greens ratio if you don't want to use something like stevia. Or just add fruit to your taste. This is an extremely easy way to get your daily greens; you won't (or shouldn't, if made right) taste the sometimes-offensive "greenness" of the leafies! This is very easy to digest, very filling, and extremely nutritious.
Hi Omar,
In addition to Linda's advice: Dr Fuhrman has said that you do not necessarily have to eat a pound of raw leafy greens. You can add some raw cucumber, tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, beets etc. to your salads. I think you'll notice it is easy to get one pound of raw vegetables that way.
Hi, Do you know of any low-fat, healthy salad dressing recipes? Thanks
Jen-
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Hi!
Why don't you all check out Victoria Boutenkos book about greens in your diet? Simple, tasty and highly nutrious.Also, this way you easly get to eat a lot of greens(liqufied in smoothies together with fruit)without a lot of chewing.
it's great!
Love and peace, Lena!
Hi. I appreciate the info at this site... have bookmarked it and will check back periodically. It's kind of nice to see a medical doctor kind of going out on a limb in not totally supporting the USDA food pyramid... I have a friend who has a blog about getting healthy who seems to share a lot of your views, Dr. Fuhrman. I'm not just trying to plug her blog ... you two have a lot in common. She believes she healed herself through macrobiotics (after exhausting all conventional medicine with breast cancer (after having had bone cancer, too...). It's actually making a lot of sense to me, as I've lost both parents to cancer. I like the idea put out here in the comments about drinking your veggies... making it easier to get the servings you should get. Do you think that's OK, by the way? Anyway, my friend's blog is becoming-whole.com if you want to take a look. Thanks.. I'll be back!
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hi do you know any lettuce that is low fat.