Salads are one of the best foods for losing weight, they very popular for many dieters trying to lose the weight fast. The problem is people often add sauces or creams to add taste to an otherwise bland food. Mayonnaise is a common addition to salads but it is very high in calories and fat and a salad with too much Mayonnaise can be just as high in calories than some of the worst weight loss foods.
Baked potatoes are also a great food to help lose weight when part of a small, low calorie meal but again, some people spoil this great example by adding tons of butter. Filling a baked potato with baked beans or cottage cheese is probably the best way to add taste and more nutrition to this low calorie food.
Cutting calories by replacing high-energy packaged food with nutrient-dense foods, examples of these are....
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Fresh fruits including dried fruits
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Fresh fish
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Poultry
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Natural yogurt
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Natural nuts & seeds
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Wholegrain foods & ingredients (wholemeal breads, pasta & brown rice)
| Milks | Calories | Fat |
| Milk skimmed (pasteurised) | 34 | 0.1g |
| Semi-skimmed | 47 | 1.6g |
| Whole milk full fat | 66 | 3.9g |
| Condensed Milk whole | 320 | 9.5g |
| Dried skimmed milk | 360 | 0.6g |
| Evaporated milk whole | 155 | 9g |
| Goats milk | 62 | 3.5g |
| Sheeps milk | 99 | 6g |
| Soya milk | 35 | 2g |
| Creams (pasteurised) | Calories | |
| Half cream fresh | 150 | 13g |
| Single cream | 200 | 19g |
| Soured cream | 209 | 20g |
| Whipping cream | 370 | 40g |
| Double cream | 450 | 49g |
| Clotted cream | 590 | 62g |
| Cheese Calories | 400 | 36g |
| Vegetable | Calories | Carbs | Water Content |
| Asparagus | 26 | 1.5 g | 90 % |
| Aubergine | 15 | 2 g | 90 % |
| Calories in Beans | Medium | - | - |
| Beetroot | 38 | 9 g | 82 % |
| Broccoli (100g) | 32 | 1 g | 90 % |
| 1 average Broccoli floret 11g | 3 cals | - | - |
| Brussels Sprouts | 40 | 3.5 g | 87 % |
| Cabbage average | 24 | 2.4 g | 93 % |
| Carrot | 32 | 5 g | 90 % |
| Cauliflower | 32 | 2 g | 91 % |
| Celery | 8 | 1 g | 95 % |
| Chicory | 10 | 3 g | 90 % |
| Courgette | 20 | 2 g | 93 % |
| Cucumber | 10 | 1g | 97 % |
| Fennel | 13 | 1.5 g | 95 % |
| Gherkins | 15 | 2.5 g | 93 % |
| Gourd | 12 | 1 g | 90 % |
| Leek | 22 | 2.5 g | 92 % |
| Lettuce (average) | 13 | 1.5 g | 95 % |
| Marrow | 10 | 1.6 g | 95 % |
| Mushroom | 15 | 0.5 g | 93 % |
| Okra | 30 | 2.5 g | 88 % |
| Onion | 35 | 3 g | 92 % |
| One average Red Onion 150g | 49 cals | 2.3 g | 90 % |
| Onion Spring | 23 | 2 g | 88 % |
| Parsnip | 60 | 10 g | 78 % |
| Calories in Peas | Medium | - | - |
| Peppers red average | 18 | 5 g | 90 % |
| Potato Calories ( 100g ) | low-med | 15 g | 80 % |
| Pumpkin | 12 | 2 g | 95 % |
| Radish | 13 | 2 g | 90 % |
| Spinach | 23 | 1 g | 92 % |
| One average sprout 10 grams | 4 cals | - | 88 % |
| Sprouts | 43 Calories | 4 g | 88 % |
| Swede | 22 | 2 g | 96 % |
| Sweet corn | 24 | 12 g | 40 % |
| Tomatoes | 18 | 2.2 g | 93 % |
| Tomatoes cherry | 17 | 0.5 g | 90 % |
| Turnip | 21 | 2 g | 90 % |
| Watercress | 21 | 0.5 g | 90 % |
| Yam | 110 | 30 g | 65 % |
