The Broccoli Diet

A Few Tricks For Feeling Full From Vegetables

Sep 13, 2009 Luanne Shear

The persistent struggle to lose weight is often exhausting, but a healthy diet plan of fresh greens may help in the battle against hunger.

With hundreds of different diets and so many individual weight loss concerns, it is hard to choose and maintain a fresh diet plan. It is especially difficult for an individual person to know whether he or she will benefit from the drastic and often unsatisfying changes that are made. In most cases, immediate food deprivation causes inevitable binges and, ultimately, dieting failure.

Why Broccoli?

Broccoli is a dense and filling vegetable. It can be prepared lightly sautéed, grilled, baked, steamed, or raw- all of which are conveniently done in a healthy manner. Frozen bags of broccoli, sometimes mixed with cauliflower, cost just over $1.00 and can serve as two beneficial and filling meals. One may be shocked to find the level of satisfaction that can be obtained from consuming roughly ten small florets at least once a day. It is fine to add more satisfying ingredients that will not interfere with the natural broccoli nutrition. Shredded low fat cheese, Parmesan cheese, a handful of olives, or bacon bits are commonly used for extra flavor.

Preparing an Entire Meal Around Broccoli

Deciding that broccoli will comprise the main portion of a meal is the first step, but actually anticipating the meal may call for some effort. Remember; once the stomach is full, cravings diminish. The following recommendations will assist in achieving satisfaction from vegetables.

  • Have a variety; add half of a sweet potato or other vegetables.
  • Chop the florets up and mix them into a low sodium soup containing chicken or noodles.
  • Prepare a vegetable stir fry with a half cup of yellow rice.

Low sodium soy sauce and light vinaigrette dressings can also be used to sufficiently coat the vegetables and add a pleasant taste. Also, eating slowly and frequently sipping on a beverage- such as flavored water or club soda –gives the body time to acknowledge a “full” feeling.

The basic dietary benefits of broccoli filtrate beyond the function of filling the stomach for a low calorie cost. Further incentives lie in the fact that broccoli contains the following:

  • high amounts of Vitamin C
  • cancer cell fighting agents
  • potassium- helping lower high blood pressure

Cleanse and Mend With Greens

Consider the broccoli or green vegetable diet a simple makeover for the body, specifically the stomach. Design a game plan for the first week of broccoli meals- incorporating the healthy trees into one meal per day. Set aside twenty minutes after the meal to calmly breathe and remember the diet and weight loss benefits from consuming vegetables. There are also brief Jin Shin Jyutsu practices that may be performed by oneself- inducing more than dietary healing by touching on the realm of inner energy healing.

Enjoy and appreciate the simplicity of the broccoli diet. Allow the whole concept to serve as a window into a healthier overall lifestyle. Unlike pills or preserved meal packages, broccoli and other greens can be consumed continuously- without harmful side effects or health risks. Dietitians are highly supportive of incorporating vegetables into a daily diet plan.

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Sep 19, 2009 8:32 PM
Guest :
Broccoli doesn't sound so bad after reading this. I'll give it a try. I heard its good for your skin too.
Sep 20, 2009 5:48 PM
Guest :
I found I can stomach broccoli if I add shredded cheddar. Thanks for the ideas. Not so bad after all.
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