Are vegetables effective for losing weight?

They can be: Eating half your meal of vegetables is a highly recommended healthy eating strategy. At the end of the day, you will have to cut back on total calories to effectively lose weight - vegetables are typically bigger volume for lower calories helping you feel full while providing you with essential nutrients. Select various colored veggies and less starchy ones. See choosemyplate.Gov for tips.

AW Dr Saponaro: Eat healthfully. Try to eat at least 5 servings of vegetables ; 4 of fruit per day. Increase nutritional fiber. Avoid refined sugar ; junk carbohydrates. Avoid alcohol, sweetened juices, soda ; caffeinated beverages. Aim for 7.5 to 8 hrs of sleep / night. Hydrate w at least 64 oz of water / day. Calories burned must > calories consumed. Be physically active with both cardio ; weight training.