The October Journal of the American Dietetic Association reports that sometimes ordering more food helps consumers eat less... that is, if a low-calorie salad is ordered.
New research has found that people who were served three cups of a salad, totaling 100 calories, ate 12 per cent fewer calories overall than people who did not eat a salad at the start of their meals. More importantly, only low-calorie starters appear to produce this effect.
In this study, when people ate a 400-calorie salad that contained high-fat dressing and cheese, they consumed 17 per cent more during the entire meal than if they did not eat a salad at all.
Researchers asked 42 women to eat one of six different types of salads before a pasta lunch, or no salad at all. They found that women who ate 1-1/2 cups of salad (50 calories) ate seven per cent less during their meal than when they did not have a salad. Women who ate three cups of salad (100 calories) decreased their meal intake by 12 per cent.
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