RE: Re: fish oil abates hunger

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Perhaps it is just the calories, but 20 cals rarely satisfy my hunger. I've

not tried fish oil capsules. Usually raw broccoli and red peppers work best

for me.

>From: " citpeks " <citpeks@...>

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>Subject: [ ] Re: fish oil abates hunger

>Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:22:30 -0000

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>From: Francesca Skelton <fskelton@e...>

>Date: Tue Aug 17, 2004 2:49 pm

>Subject: fish oil abates hunger

>A short time back posted that after trial and error she

>discovered that a couple of fish oil tablets abated her hunger. I've

>tried this a couple of times and it seems to work. A couple of

>capsules will put off my hunger for about 2 hours (and by then it's

>usually mealtime).

>I have no idea why this works but it does seem to do the trick.

>I've added this to our " Aids and Tips " file.

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>It's the calories in the fish oil. Out of curiosity, I weighed 20

>Vitamin E gels, which are about 1/2 the size of the fish oil capsules.

> They weighed about 11 grams. So, if 10 fish oil capsules weigh 11

>grams, 2 capsules weigh 2.2 grams. At 9 calories per gram this is

>about 20 calories plus a trace amount of protein from the gelatin

>coating.

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>Tony

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[Guest guest]

True enough.

Yet I find some foods more filling and appetite appeasing, calorie for

calorie than others.

This phenomenon appears to hold true for many individuals:

http://www.mendosa.com/satiety.htm

>From: " citpeks " <citpeks@...>

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>Subject: [ ] Re: fish oil abates hunger

>Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 03:01:48 -0000

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>From: " Dowling " <dowlic@h...>

>Date: Tue Aug 17, 2004 7:13 pm

>Subject: RE: [ ] Re: fish oil abates hunger

>Perhaps it is just the calories, but 20 cals rarely satisfy my hunger.

>I've not tried fish oil capsules. Usually raw broccoli and red peppers

>work best for me.

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>According to BT120YD (p.338) One cup of red pepper strips, or one

>large sweet pepper (100 g) has 31 calories. One medium stalk of

>broccoli (180 g) has 32 calories.

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>The number of calories is in the same ball park as the 2 fish

>capsules.

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>Tony

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