TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - If your strict diet makes you starved along the day, there are certain foods you can try to consume during the diet. These foods are nutritious and able to make you feel full longer.
Apple
High fiber and water content in an apple before breakfast will keep you full and help you reduce more carbohydrate intake.
Avocados
Eating half of avocado during lunch will keep you full until afternoon. A research published on Journal Nutrition showed that women consuming half avocado during the lunch have their snacking appetite decrease by 24 percent for the next three hours.
Beans
Beans are rich of protein, fiber, antioxidant, vitamin B, and iron. Eating beans helps control your appetite.
Dark Chocolate
Research revealed that dark chocolate can reduce stress level, as well as protecting heart and brain. This kind of chocolate gave you the feeling of full much faster than regular chocolate milk. Dark chocolate reduces appetite on eating salty and sweet meals.
A study published on the Nutrition & Diabetes showed that people who consumed dark chocolate got 17 percent less calorie compared to those who did not consume it.
Egg
Eating 39 grams of eggs at breakfast reduce hunger until the lunch time. Research says that high protein breakfast helps reduce calorie by making people feel full for longer.
Peanut
British Journal of Nutrition Study reported that women with obesity who consumed 1.5 ounce peanut or three spoonful peanut jam with wheat bread and orange juice felt full up to 12 hours. Peanut can help control the appetite since it contains healthy unsaturated fat, protein and little fiber.
Oatmeal
Oatmeal has high fiber content, protein and beta glucan. In addition to keep you full for longer, oatmeal make your heart healthier.
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