The Key to a Successful Diet – –

Avoid Soft Drinks

Most soft drinks and processed foods contain high-fructose corn syrup, a cheap sugar substitute that a recent Yale study linked to obesity. The study, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that consuming fructose doesn’t satisfy one’s appetite. “The desire to eat continues,” Yale University endocrinologist Dr. Robert Sherwin told CTV. “It isn’t turned off.” In other words, high-fructose corn syrup contributes to weight gain by increasing hunger.

A Food to Fight Weight Gain

A 2011 study from Western University in London, Ont., shows that nobiletin, a flavonoid that is extracted from tangerines, helps to prevent obesity and offers protection against type 2 diabetes.