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Rice with Veggies Adding some high-fiber vegetables like broccoli, carrots, and kale to your rice will obviously help lower the calorie count. But not only that. Adding veggies to rice at lunchtime appears to slow stomach emptying, according to research. The end result? You feel full longer. In fact, people in a study ate much less at dinner when they added veggies to their rice at lunc...

Red Pepper Add some heat to your meals and you'll boost not only the taste but also the effectiveness of your weight loss diet. A dash of cayenne pepper or some diced jalapeno or red peppers will do the trick. They all contain capsaicin the heat-inducing compound in red peppers that, according to research, tamps down appetite and curbs food intake later in the da...

Fava Beans Creamy and hearty, fava beans are a lean protein source bursting with flavonoids. And in a 14-year study, these special antioxidants were shown to help hinder the accumulation of extra belly fa...

Whole Grains Ready to trade your belly bulge for a flat tummy? Then toss your refined grains into the garbage, and eat more whole grains instead. Research shows this one move can help whittle your middle. We're talking brown rice, quinoa, steel-cut oats, whole-grain cereal, and 100% whole-wheat bread and past...

Olive Oil This rich-tasting oil found in salad dressings and marinades contains a hunger-busting monounsaturated fat called oleic acid -- which triggers a complicated process in the gut that ultimately tells your brain you're full and makes you want to stop eatin...

Mushrooms If you want to try an easy and tasty calorie-cutting trick, then replace the meat in your favorite recipes with mushrooms. You'll automatically cut about 420 calories out of a meal, partly because you'll skip all the belly-padding saturated fat contained in mea...

Avocado This green goddess of heavenly, creamy taste can help you whittle your waist. It's true! Researchers suspect that the unsaturated fat in avocados may ratchet up body levels of the hunger-halting hormone called leptin a hormone that lets your brain know that you're full, so you stop eatin...

Grapefruit Of all the foods rumored to boost weight loss, grapefruit is likely the most famous. And research confirms that this fruit's get-slim celebrity status is for real. One study in particular revealed that eating half a grapefruit before each meal helped dieters shed more pounds than people who skipped the tart appetize...

Yogurt This creamy, tangy snack is loaded with calcium and studies show that calcium may curtail weight gain by hindering the absorption of fat in the small intestin...

Pistachios Nuts may be high in fat, but it's the healthful unsaturated kind of fat found in pistachios. And like all nuts, pistachios offer lots of hunger-curbing protein and fiber. All of these qualities together explain why adding pistachios to the diet helped dieters in a study curb their appetites and lose more weigh...

“Basketball Wives” star, Evelyn Lozada, is currently engaged to Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco. However, the woman, who is of Puerto Rican ancestry, is faced with a very intriguing issue, her seemingly unfitted presence on the VH1 reality television series. The said series is supposed to be following the lives of a group of woman who have all been somehow romantically linked to professional basketball players. Season three...

A Sports Illustrated investigation released on Monday night alleged that since 2002, at least 28 Ohio State football players traded or sold their memorabilia. Sources told the magazine that players have been trading memorabilia, including items bearing former coach Jim Tressel's signature, since at least his second season at Ohio State. Tressel resigned on Monday morning amid an NCAA investigation into the coach's conduct. The magazine reported that Tressel violated NCAA bylaw 10.1, unethical conduct,...

A preservation group says the state's picturesque small towns are in danger of fading away. Preservation Kentucky's Most Endangered Historic Places for 2011 highlights the history being lost in small hamlets across the state. Part of the state's charm is towns such as Sadieville, Midway, Millersburg, Lynch, Marion and Perryville, said Rachel Kennedy, executive director of Preservation Kentucky, part of the Kentucky Heritage Council. Kennedy told The Lexington Herald-Leader that disinvestment in...

Basketball Wives With Jim Tressel's sudden resignation from Ohio State, the list of potential coaching candidates in the rumor mill is certain to be swirling feverishly. There have already been some indications that Urban Meyer will attempt to be coaxed out of retirement and back into the game of football, which makes some sense considering that it's been repeatedly reported that the Ohio State head coaching position is his dream job. Basketball...

Cindy Anthony, who was emotional throughout her testimony, said she last saw her granddaughter alive on June 16, 2008.The day before, on Father's Day, she had taken Caylee to visit the toddler’s great grandfather at a nursing home. Later that day, the grandmother swam with Caylee in the family pool. You can avail the benefits of above ground pool by simply getting it installed and the best part about it is that it is quite economical and costs less as compared to the in ground pools. Installation...

One phone book, a newspaper, 20 shopping bags, 15 paper grocery bags and three thrift-store dresses brought UCF student Erin Gordon to the attention of NBC. Gordon, having graduated only weeks ago with a degree in photography, never imagined a class assignment would end up in the NBC window display at the famous Rockefeller Center in New York City. Gordon explains that she made and photographed dresses for an assignment on being socially conscious for her Image, Culture and Society class. Her...

The Philadelphia Phillies have not been overly blessed with an abundance of great arms in their rotation over the years. Currently, Phillies ace Roy Halladay(notes) is considered by many to be the best starting pitcher in baseball. In the 1990s, fellow right-hander Curt Schilling led the Phillies starting staff and was among game's elite hurlers. Wilson Valdez shifted over from second base and wound up as the winning pitcher early Thursday when...

The rain held off Sunday to give Danica Patrick a second chance, and James Jakes waved off his qualifying attempt, giving Marco Andretti one more shot to make the Indianapolis 500. Patrick and Marco Andretti took advantage of the good fortune and qualified for the centennial anniversary race at the Brickyard. Patrick posted a four-lap average of 224.861 mph after it looked like she might not even get to qualify on Bump Day. Andretti delivered an even more clutch performance in the final run of...

Iceland closed its main international airport and canceled all domestic flights Sunday as a powerful volcanic eruption sent a plume of ash, smoke and steam high into the sky. Iceland's most active volcano once again erupted on Saturday, closing the international airport that was closed for days last year upon the last eruption. The eruption sent ash 12 miles into the air, closing the Keflavik airport at 4:30am on Yesterda...

Ed Hindson, president of the World Prophetic Ministry, a distinguished professor of religion at Liberty University and host of “The King is Coming” on Trinity Network, says so flat out. Hindson says Harold Camping “doesn’t have the right date.” And it’s not the first time. Camping earlier predicted Rapture for September 1994 and has a backup date of Oct 21 in case he is wrong this time. Hindson is quite confident that the world will go on past Saturday. In fact, he is giving a speech to 10,000...