Fruit and veggie diet.Can a diet rich in fruits and vegetables keep you trim? Nutritionists say so, and now there's data to back them up. Researchers tracked more than 74,000 women aged 38 to 63 for 12 years. Those who boosted their intake of fruits and vegetables by four servings a day had a 24 percent lower risk of obesity than those who cut their fruits and vegetables by about two servings a day. What to do: Pack some baby carrots for snacks, start (or end) lunch with wedges of cantaloupe cantaloupe: see gourd; melon. , serve at least two vegetables for dinner, etc. Who can complain about roasted asparagus asparagus, perennial garden vegetable (Asparagus officinalis) of the family Liliaceae (lily family), native to the E Mediterranean area and now naturalized over much of the world. , broccoli broccoli (brŏk`əlē) [Ital.,=sprouts], variety of cabbage grown for the edible immature flower panicles. It is the same variety (Brassica oleracea botrytis) as the cauliflower and is similarly cultivated. in garlic sauce Noun 1. garlic sauce - garlic mayonnaise aioli, aioli sauce sauce - flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food , or sauteed spinach? International Journal of Obesity advance online publication, 5 October 2004; doi:10.1038s/sj.ijo.0802795. |
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