EAT MORE SO YOU CAN EAT LESS

Eat more salad, at the start of the meal that is, and you will eat less of the main meal.

In a study reported in the American Dietetic Association, people who received three cups of salad (100 calories) at the start of a meal ate 12 percent fewer calories during the main meal than people who received no pre-dinner salad.

The result occurred only with low-calorie salad. People who received a 400-calorie high-fat salad actually consumed 17 percent more calories during the main meal than people who received no salad at all.