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Hi docs, would a fruit and vegetable diet help lose weight?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Unless you are: Really knowledge about a balanced vegetarian diet - it is better to eat from all the food groups. However, increasing vegetables (with some fruit) in exchange for junk carbohydrates, unhealthy fats and excess protein can help with weight loss.

Answered 3/10/2014

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