salads...before...along with or after meal?
anyatanu
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Im tanu..on weight loss program.
I have doubt regarding consumption of salads ( generally tomato..cucumber nd onion) .Should i have it before my meal or along with or after meal.
Is there any scientific reason also behind of eating pattern of salads?
Im tanu..on weight loss program.
I have doubt regarding consumption of salads ( generally tomato..cucumber nd onion) .Should i have it before my meal or along with or after meal.
Is there any scientific reason also behind of eating pattern of salads?
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No science. It is a cultural and personal thing.
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I like to eat salad first, because I end up eating less of everything else if I'm already partly full. Often 60 calories of salad will make it easy to eat 200-300 fewer calories of an entree.
If you are going to eat the same amount of food regardless, I can't see why the order would make a difference.0 -
personal preference mate, I sometimes eat salad just as a meal by itself, other times i have it along with whatever i'm eating sometimes not at all. As long as you keep the salad helathy and limit the amount of (potentially) fatty salad dressing used you can have it whenever0
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Thx fr clearing doubt.
once you start opting for healthy lifestyle so many questions cme in mind whether im doing this rte or wrng and thankfully MFP has make it easy to move me in correct direction
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I normally make a large salad and make it a meal. If I am at a restaurant though I will eat it before my meal.0
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MakePeasNotWar wrote: »I like to eat salad first, because I end up eating less of everything else if I'm already partly full. Often 60 calories of salad will make it easy to eat 200-300 fewer calories of an entree.
If you are going to eat the same amount of food regardless, I can't see why the order would make a difference.
I do this, too. Except sometimes I wait too long to ear dinner and am really hungry, so I'll nuke my entree and eat it and then go back into the kitchen to make a salad.
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I'm not a rabbit, I don't eat salad!
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I like to eat my salad last - gives me something to do while deciding whether or not I am hungry enough to need seconds. Usually I take more than 20 minutes over the meal so no longer have any desire for second helpings by the time I have chewed my way through a large salad.0
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It's more of a cultural thing. Your typical restaurant will serve it first, but a few do it continental-style. One side of my family always served it last, the other side didn't eat salad. To them, salad was the thing you were offered before real food showed up - the thing you turn down, lol.
At home, i usually have it with the food, especially if the food is hot. It's a nice contrast. 0 -
It's more of a cultural thing. Your typical restaurant will serve it first, but a few do it continental-style. One side of my family always served it last, ...
At home, i usually have it with the food, especially if the food is hot. It's a nice contrast.
If we're not making a big, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink salad as a whole meal, our family likes to have salad last, as a kind of palate-cleanser.
Here's how Babette, in one of my favorite movies, paced her special dinner in "Babbette's Feast" (though there isn't much I'd actually like to eat here):
The seven-course menu in the film consisted of
"Potage à la Tortue" (turtle soup) served with Amontillado sherry;
"Blinis Demidoff" (buckwheat cakes with caviar and sour cream) served with Veuve Cliquot champagne;
"Cailles en Sarcophage" (quail in puff pastry shell with foie gras and truffle sauce) served with Clos de Vougeot Pinot Noir;
an endive salad;
"Savarin au Rhum avec des Figues et Fruit Glacée" (rum sponge cake with figs and candied cherries) served with champagne;
assorted cheeses and fruits served with sauterne; and
coffee with Louis XIII de Rémy Martin cognac.
Palate cleanser: after the meal, before dessert(s).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babette's_Feast#Menu0 -
I have done all three. In Italy, salad is usually served after the entree, as a digestive.0
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Always before. I always save the best and main dish for last.0
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I always have salad with my meal, on the same plate.0
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I serve salad with our meal. I think it is a cultural thing to serve a part of the meal family style on the table0
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christinev297 wrote: »I always have salad with my meal, on the same plate.
On a plate? LOL I use a huge bowl.0 -
christinev297 wrote: »I always have salad with my meal, on the same plate.
On a plate? LOL I use a huge bowl.
Haha good point. I usually make sure that when I have salad with a meal, that it covers half my plate.
Also, I couldn't be bothered with the extra dishes
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My nutritionist told me that you are actually supposed to eat your protein first, then veggie and then a carb. The reason is because protein is hardest for our bodies to digest and takes the longest. By eating it first you ensure that enough enzymes are given to digest it and you'll feel fuller longer. I used to always eat salad first because I thought it helped me eat less but that's not true. It expands your stomach and you end up eating more. If you ever watch the food eating contests the contestants will eat a head of iceberg lettuce right before to make more room in their stomachs.
Great job getting more salads in your diet!0 -
I like to eat it last, because 1) it's just my preference & what I'm used to; 2) I find raw veg easier to digest with something already in my stomach; 3) if I wasn't 100% full, the vinegar in the salad helps get rid of any residual appetite.0
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You don't always need science to confirm the blatantly obvious. I mean seriously do we need a scientific study to confirm that hitting your hand with a hammer hurts..
Personally I found that for me to be successful in weight loss I needed to play tricks on myself, Eating a large low calorie salad before a meal is one of the mind games I played on myself. all that chewing and bulk tricks your brain and you into thinking that you've eaten considerably more than you actually have.
200-300 grams of lettuce and either some rice wine vinegar or red wine vinegar and no oil is good for about 40-60 kcal ? But be careful a 60 kcal salad can become a 500+kcal salad in a heart beat if you start piling on ingredients, ask me how I know, Damn feta, olives and vinaigrette . LOL !!
Anyhow I take my time when I eat so It takes me about 15 min to eat a big salad like this. Like I said there is so much bulk and chewing involved that I find when I eat a salad like this I don't eat nearly as much of my main course. I also find that if I eat a large low cal salad early in the day it drastically curbs my desire to snack between meals. For me salads like this were key in losing 2+ pounds a week, so far I'm down 101 pounds, the problem for me now is not losing weight but trying to stop. My stomach and appetite has shrunk so much that I can't seem to eat much more than I am without feeling like a pig. After a year and a half those new eating habits are hard to break.0 -
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I don't eat salads at restaurants unless its a side salad, no croutons, dressing on the side. Have you seen the calories in most salads at these places like applesbees and chilis? more calories for a persons total calorie goal, insane! if I make salad at home, I eat it with my meal on my plate. with no dressing , tomato, cucumber and romaine lettuce,and baby carrots. Once I stopped using dressing, I really enjoy the taste of my salad vegetables.0
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Hi
Im tanu..on weight loss program.
I have doubt regarding consumption of salads ( generally tomato..cucumber nd onion) .Should i have it before my meal or along with or after meal.
Is there any scientific reason also behind of eating pattern of salads?
My mom has Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and needs to eat her salads and other foods with insoluble fiber at the end of a meal.
I like eating salads with my meal. At a restaurant, I will pick at my salad until the entrée comes.
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