Eating Soup on Your Diet?

Tammy asks:

I love soups. Do you think eating soup is a good idea on a diet? Has eating more soup helped any of you lose weight? What are some of your favorite packaged or canned soups? Thanks.

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7 Responses to “Eating Soup on Your Diet?”

  1. Sara on January 31st, 2008 7:58 am

    Supposedly, people tend to eat less following a bowl of hot, nutritious soup. It’s usually hot, so you eat it slowly and feel fuller.

    I’ve read that a study at Pennsylvania State University found that eating soup caused volunteers to reduce the amount they ate at lunch by 100 calories and they also did not get hungry later in the day or eat extra calories at dinner to compensate.

    The researchers at Penn State found that foods high in water content had a very strong impact on satiety (the feeling of satisfaction/fullness).

  2. Jennie on January 31st, 2008 8:02 am

    I have lost 80 pounds from April of last year to approximately Sept and maintained with no effort since and soup has been a HUGE part of making it easy. Canned Progresso soups are low in calories and they have a huge selection. Pull tops and 3 minutes in the micro-wave give me a 200 to 260 calorie lunch as part of my 1500 to 2000 calories a day, leaving me a lot to spread through out the rest of the day!! Glenny’s are also awesome snacks to add in with lunch. One half of an entire bag is only 70 calories; they taste awesome AND have helped with adding needed soy in my diet.

  3. Wendy on January 31st, 2008 9:31 am

    Absolutely!!! I follow more of the low carb diet with tons of greens and meats. I make an organic soup from organic vegetable stock and add in organic spinach, cauliflower & chunks of turkey… YUM! I eat soup even for breakfast and feel satisfied! Sooo many options with soup! A+

  4. Happi Truan on January 31st, 2008 1:15 pm

    Thanks, I tried it and you are right, you really do feel fuller faster. For something sweet, Glenny’s brown rice krispy treat is great (I like the marshmallow flavor, but it comes in chocalate too.

  5. Eileen on February 4th, 2008 9:52 pm

    Yes, I have found soup VERY helpful with my weight loss efforts. Especially the new PROGRESSO/light. They are fat free…and if you find that too bland…add a couple of tablespoons of salsa to jazz it up!
    And I LOVE the Glenny’s low-fat crisps. I’m on the Weight Watchers points system and a whole bag is only 2 points!! (-: GOOD LUCK!!

  6. JEAN STEPHENSON on February 7th, 2008 12:06 pm

    I just ordered a case of the Soy Crisps. I had purchased them in the grocery store and knew I liked them.
    Would it be possible to get a couple of samples of the Brown Rice Marshmallow Treat bars before purchasing them. I have not been able to find them in stores.

  7. Sarah on February 29th, 2008 9:07 am

    this is all true but watchout for the sodium in soup. ESPECIALLY canned soup. you can lose a ton of weight, watch your calories, but your blood pressure could be skyrocketing and you don’t even know it. americans are supposed to have 2,300mg of sodium and a little less then half of that can be found in canned soup usually, so watch out. additionally, the amount of sodium other countries tell their people to consume is less then 2,300mg, you may also want to keep that in mind.

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