The Sacramento Bee suggests going vegan for the new year:

Revelers ring in the new year by making resolutions to eat less and exercise more. For many, this just means switching from fried chicken to grilled chicken (in the mistaken belief that it’s a lot healthier) or forcing themselves to do crunches and eat cereal that tastes like cardboard before giving up and going to Sonic for a Footlong Quarter Pound Coney. Is it any wonder that their resolutions are doomed? If you’re serious about losing weight, take a cue from “Biggest Loser” trainer Bob Harper and try exercising regularly and eating a healthy vegan diet.

A vegan diet isn’t actually a “diet” at all. It’s just easier to maintain a healthy weight if you eat plant-based foods rather than animal-based ones, because most plant-based foods are naturally low in fat and calories. They’re also high in fiber and complex carbohydrates, which help boost your metabolism, so you burn more calories. There are slim meat-eaters and heavy vegans, of course, but according to the American Dietetic Association, vegans are less likely to suffer from weight problems. Research even shows that vegans are a whopping nine times less likely to be obese than meat-eaters are.

Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/27/3283114/downsize-yourself-in-2011-go-vegan.html#ixzz19LSzqPmN

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