Winter is often considered a season of festivals and parties. Although you know that you have to limit the food amount, you still feel hungry more quickly due to the cold. The following are 10 kinds of food for main and additional meals that can help you forget the worry about gaining weight.
Pumpkin seed
It is said that pumpkin seeds are one of the most perfect foods of nature. Pumpkin seeds contain some useful vitamins like B, C, D, E, and K and minerals like calcium, potassium, niacin, and phosphorous. Especially, the low-calorie amount and diverse cellulose make pumpkin seeds a favorite food for all dieters. Moreover, pumpkin seeds also have mineral zinc that slows down women’s aging process.
Best eating way: To have the best result of losing weight, you should choose natural seeds which are not processed. You could eat the pumpkin seeds directly or eat them with salad.
Apricot
Dried apricot
Apricot is a summer fruit but dried and steeped apricots are still full of nutriment that you could keep using gradually in winter. Apricots are rich in Vitamins A, B2, B3, and C, as well as in useful natural sugars. Apricots are a natural remedy to treat constipation, various skin problems.
Best eating way: You can eat apricots directly or mix them with yogurt.
Ginger
Ginger is not the food that every people love to eat because it is hot and acrid. However, ginger could speed up blood circulation. It is a healthy food that helps to treat constipation and avoid cancer.
Best eating way: You should cut ginger into slices and then cook them with red apple and add some sugar if you want
Cinnamon
Cinnamon is not only a valuable spice but also a kind of Asian medicine that could speed up the metabolic process. Cinnamon is an indispensable food in winter.
Best eating way: You could add an appropriate amount of cinnamon to vegetables; eat it daily and you would see the obvious affection.
Violet cabbage
A bowl of violet cabbage only contains 22 calories which could make you full, because it is one of the most healthy food. Violet cabbage is compared with a vitamin that encompasses various kinds of nutriment.
Best eating way: You had better eat fresh violet cabbage in a salad.
Apple
Apple is a perfect one among cellulose foods. Apple helps people to have the best shape. It also abolishes some toxins from the body. It is good for your teeth if you eat apple skin.
Best eating way: Steep apple in salt water for 5 minutes to abolish the pesticide remaining on the apple skin.
I have been working as a doctor at a general hospital since February 1998. In addition, I am a full-time writer and specialize in weight loss-related issues. I also write for a number of different websites on the Internet.