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The enzymes in wild salmon actually encourage your body to burn fat rather than store it.

Slimming superpowers: The fish’s omega-3 fatty acids could help you fight flab more effectively. They alter the expression of certain genes, shifting your body to burn fat rather than store it.

The amazing proof: In a study analyzing the diets of 35,000 women, published in Public Health Nutrition, those subjects who ate oily fish such as salmon two to four times per week had the lowest basal metabolic …

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One of the most effective options has only 64 calories and is high in an important cancer-fighting agent.

These high-fiber foods are packed with nutrients and bursting with flavor. Add them to your diet today!

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Late-night snacks won’t derail a diet as long as you avoid these other nutritional mistakes.

Even though we all know that the best way to stay healthy and physically fit is to eat well-rounded, nutritionally sound meals and exercise for at least 20 minutes a day, it’s human nature to seek out better, “cutting-edge,” get-thin-quick fads and glom onto them like they’re gospel. Don’t eat after 8 p.m.? You got it. Wash down an acai berry with fish oil? Sign me up.

But what if those new fangled discoveries and quick fixes were steeped in misinformation and could actually be making you gain weight or harm your health? Oh, no thank you very much.

Read more: 10 New Weight Loss Myths and Facts

A new study finally sets the record straight about eating three vs. six meals a day.

Which will help me slim down-6 mini meals or 3 squares? I get this question a lot, especially from people who are trying to slim down, because I’m a registered dietitian and nutrition editor of EatingWell Magazine. It’s a common question, especially among dieters looking to get an extra edge on their weight loss.

Read more: Which Will Help Me Slim Down—6 Mini Meals or 3 Squares?

Nutrition researchers have found that these popular snack foods are the top waistline assassins.

For people trying to lose weight, here’s the good news: Nutrition researchers have scoped out the enemy. Turns out potato chips and soda are the top waistline assassins.

Everyone knows to cut back on junk food, but in a recent large study examining what foods were most associated with weight gain, potato chips and sweetened drinks stood out as the ultimate arch villains. Indeed, not all snacks are created equal. Here’s why:

Scientists have started to suspect that when it comes to junk food, some snacks are worse than others. In a recent Harvard study, researchers tracked 100,000 Americans who were not overweight to begin with every 4 years to see who gained the most weight and what foods they ate. They found that an expanding waistline was most strongly linked to potato chips and sugar-sweetened drinks.

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It’s been featured on Dr. Oz’s TV show, but does the latest fruit fad to promote weight-loss really work?

Goodbye, grapefruit diet. Hello, African mango?

Everyone’s looking for the magical weight-loss solution. Some claim they’ve found it in the African mango, the latest fruit fad to invade the weight-loss world. Its supplements have even been endorsed on The Dr. Oz show.

Dr. Tanya Edwards wrote on DoctorOz.com:

“Sounds like a magic bullet to me! I tried it myself, and lo and behold, in the first month of taking it (only once per day, mind you, instead of the recommended twice daily), I lost seven pounds without making any changes in my usual healthy diet and exercise routine!”

Read more: Is African mango a weight-loss wonder fruit?

Eating extra servings of one of these favourites causes the most weight gain over years: study.

Specific foods are associated with long-term weight gain — or weight loss — a major study says.

We’ve heard it before. If you want to lose weight, it comes down to a fairly basic rule: eat less and exercise more. But are there specific foods you should limit or restrict altogether? And how much do exercise and other lifestyle factors really matter when it comes to preventing long-term weight gain?

A recent Harvard study looked at the effect of diet, physical activity and other behaviors on weight gain or loss over a period of several decades. For the study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers followed 120,000 men and women who were considered healthy and non-obese.

Not surprisingly, more people put on weight than lost it over the duration of the study. The average participant gained 3.35 pounds over every four-year period, or more than 16 pounds over two decades.

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Growing portion sizes are not the main reason Americans are packing on the pounds, a new study reveals.

Over the past several decades Americans have steadily gotten fatter. Although our increasingly sedentary lifestyles are partly to blame, a big reason for our national weight gain is that we’re simply eating more.

In the mid-2000s, government surveys show, the average American adult ate about 2,375 calories per day, nearly one-third more than he (or she) did in the late 1970s. What accounts for all those added calories?

According to a new study, the biggest single contributor to the sharp rise in calorie intake has been the number of snacks and meals people eat per day. Over the past 30-odd years, the study found, Americans have gone from consuming 3.8 snacks and meals per day to 4.9, on average—a 29 percent increase.

Read more: Snacking, not portion size, largely driving U.S. overeating

Stock up on these everyday foods to suppress appetite and trim belly fat.

Hold this thought: To lose weight effectively and permanently, you need to eat.And eat smart. Happily, nature designed a lot of delicious edibles to turn up your fat-burning furnace, flatten your belly, and take a big bite out of your appetite. Here are 11 of the get-slim food gems we’re talking about.

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Eggs and soups have a bad reputation, but cutting them out could do you more harm.

Think weight loss is all about sacrifice? Don’t cut these healthy foods from your diet — they can help you lose weight.

When we think weight loss, we think sacrifice. Time to cut portion sizes and cut out our favourite foods.

However, sometimes we can do more harm than good when it comes to the ruthless cuts. It’s easy to lose sight of healthy foods than can support weight loss, or, worse yet, cut out supposedly “bad” foods that can actually be beneficial.

Here’s a quick look at how certain foods can help you shed some pounds, and some top choices to try.

Why are some foods better than others? Research has uncovered many trends we can use. Here’s what to look for:

- Low calorie density. Your body doesn’t count calories — instead, it responds to the volume of food in your stomach. Fool your brain into satiety by choosing foods that have a lot of bulk but few calories — like fruits, vegetables and popcorn.

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