DIET AND EXERCISE TIPS

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Start Your Meal with Soup or Salad

Featured Recipe: Asian Tofu Salad

Fill up first on soups and salads—and eat fewer calories later.

Filling up on fiber- and water-rich foods first can help prevent you from overdoing high-calorie fare later. Research out of Penn State shows that eating a first-course salad can reduce overall calorie intake at a meal by up to 12 percent. And in a study in Appetite last November, people who started lunch with vegetable soup ended up eating 20 percent less than those who skipped the soup.

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Try these delicious power salads and healthy soup recipes:

• Asian Tofu Salad
• Broccoli, White Bean & Cheddar Soup
  
• Creamy Chopped Cauliflower Salad
  
• Fattoush
  
• Garden-Fresh Asparagus Soup
  
• Ginger-Melon Soup
  
• Roasted Tomato Soup
  
• Smoked Trout Salad with Herb & Horseradish Cream
  
• Spinach & Grapefruit Salad
  
• Spinach Soup with Rosemary Croutons
  
• The Wedge
  
• More Healthy Salad Recipes
  
• More Healthy Soup Recipes

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