By IANS
New York : Eating a low calorie soup before a meal will help you manage weight, say scientists.
Participants in a study ate low calorie soup before the main dish or entrée. They reduced their total calorie intake at lunch (soup plus entrée) by 20 percent, compared to when they did not eat soup.
Eating low calories soup before a meal helps cut back on how much food and calories you eat at the meal, Barbara Rolls and other researchers at Penn State found.
It can help with managing weight, as is shown in this research and earlier studies, reported health portal Medical News Today.
"This study expands on previous studies about consuming lower-calorie soup as a way to reduce food intake. However, be careful of higher-calorie, cream-based soups that could actually increase the total calories consumed," the scientists warned.