Fall is the perfect time to discreetly drop a little weight in order to look your best for the holidays, and many of the freshest fruits and vegetables the season has to offer can help you pare pounds. One of their secrets is generous amounts of fiber that satisfy your appetite and leave you feeling full for hours. Here are eight of fall's best fat-blasting foods:
1. Apples
Low in calories and sodium and high in vitamins and minerals, apples help keep you slim because the fiber they contain helps you feel full longer. Researchers at Penn State found that people who ate one-and-a-half apples (about 125 calories) before lunch ate 187 fewer calories during the meal.
"This suggests that eating something like a piece of fruit that's low in calories before your meal might be a great strategy for reducing calorie intake," researcher Julie Flood told USA Today. And researchers at State University of Rio de Janeiro found that women on a low-calorie diet who ate the equivalent of three small apples or pears a day lost more weight than women who didn't include fruits in their diets.
