#7 Watermelon
This is one of my favorite fruits. And even though watermelon doesn’t have zero calories, it still has very few of them for a typical fruit. It contains only 30 calories per 100 gram (roughly 2/3 of a cup). This makes watermelon an excellent weight-loss-friendly food.
For example, one study found that if overweight people eat two cups of watermelon daily, they generally end up consuming fewer calories than they would otherwise, causing them to lose fat over time. (1)
On the other hand, if the overweight participants consumed that same number of calories in the form of cookies, they would feel a lot less full, causing them to overeat and gain fat.
This led researchers to the conclusion that eating watermelon daily could help reduce body weight, BMI, and blood pressure. (2)
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One big reason why watermelon is excellent for weight loss is that, as the name implies, it contains a lot of water – 92 percent, to be exact.
This high water content causes the stretch receptors in your stomach’s wall to be activated sending signals to your brain indicating that your stomach is full, leading to a reduction in caloric intake.
