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153rd Ave, Madeira Beach, FL 33708 How to Eat More and Still
Lose Weight Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2003 This information
comes from a study presented at the annual meeting of the North
American Association for the Study of Obesity, Penn State
researchers studied how eating salad before a meal could affect
total calories a diner ends up consuming. A food has a low
energy density if it has few calories relative to its weight. An
easy way to choose these low-energy-dense foods is to choose
"big" foods -- those that are bulked up by fiber and water.
Chicken and rice soup, for instance, has a low energy density,
with just 0.5 calorie per gram. And it will be just as filling
and less fattening as a similar amount of cheese ravioli, which
has 3.2 calories per gram. Food labels don't tell you about
energy density, so you have to do the math yourself to calculate
calories per gram. Foods that