Why eating soup could help you lose weight?Let's have a look...
A bowl of soup a day could keep the pounds at bay.
Health experts have discovered that adding low-calorie vegetable broth to the start of a meal can actually help to lose weight.
Because you tend to feel full sooner, you eat less of your main course.
The soup regime was tested by researchers at Pennsylvania State University, led by Dr Barbara Rolls.
They found that when participants in the study ate a first course of soup before lunch they reduced their total calorie intake by 20 per cent, compared with those who did not begin the meal with soup.
But those who favour creamy soups should beware. Researchers stressed the soup must be low-calorie and based on stock, not cream.
All of the soups tested in the study were made from identicalingredients - chicken stock , broccoli, potato, cauliflower and carrots.
They were blended to create four different textures and thickness from separate stock and vegetables through to pureed soup.
Scientists thought that thick soups with chunks of vegetables which required chewing might be more filling, but to their surprise they found all forms had the same effect.
The findings were presented to the Experimental Biology conference in Washington, DC, and the research was partfunded by the National Institutes of Health.
NOTES： bay [bei] n.海湾, 狗吠声, 绝路 vt.吠, 使走投无路 vi.吠 main course n.主帆, 主要课程, 主菜 regime n.（1）A form of government:政体：政府的形式：a fascist regime.法西斯政体
（2）A government in power; administration:当权政府；统治：suffered under the new regime.遭受新政府的统治 （3）A prevailing social system or pattern.体制：通常的社会系统或模式 （4）The period during which a particular administration or system prevails.统治期：特定的政府或体制占统治地位的时期 （5）A regulated system, as of diet and exercise; a regimen.
生活制度：一个有规则的制度，如饮食和锻炼（制度）；养生法 intake n. 吸入; 纳入; 收纳 / (水, 气体等的) 流入口, 引入口; 输入端; 进风孔 / 吸入量;【物】输入能量;【矿】进风量, 通风孔 / 被收纳的东西; 被吸收(到团体、组织里)的人 / [英方](从沼泽等圈入的)垦地 / 【医】摄取 an intake tower进水塔intake of food食物摄取intake rate入流率
intake screen进料滤网intake silencer消声[音]器 creamy adj.含乳脂的, 奶油色的, 乳脂状的 beware v.小心, 谨防 stock n.树干, 库存, 股票, 股份, 托盘, 祖先, 血统, 原料
adj.股票的, 普通的, 常备的, 存货的, 繁殖用的
vt.装把手于, 进货, 备有, 放牧
vi. 出新芽, 采购 identical adj.同一的, 同样的 ingredient n.成分, 因素 broccoli n.椰菜 cauliflower n.[植]花椰菜 texture n.(织品的)质地, (木材, 岩石等的)纹理, (皮肤)肌理, (文艺作品)结构 puree n.菜肴的一种, 浓汤 v.(将菜,水果等)煮成浓汤, 面包的一种 chunk n.大块, 矮胖的人或物
