Dr. Schwartz: Eating a soup that is full of vegetable chunks as part of your lunch will not only keep hunger at bay but you'll also eat less all day, according to a study from France.
The study compared hunger among people who ate one of three dishes: vegetables and water, strained vegetable soup, or soup made with bite-sized vegetable chunks. The results showed that the participants who ate the soup with chunks of veggies reported significantly less hunger than the other participants. The people who ate the heartier soup also consumed 150 fewer calories at lunch and nearly 100 fewer calories at dinner than the other soup eaters.