Limiting high-calorie foods by measuring or weighting out portion size is not the only way to lose weight (this is called dieting). It is important to limit high-calorie foods, but it is equally important to fill up on nutrient dense foods. We need foods with adequate nutrients so we don't need to consume excess "empty" calories to reach our nutritional requirements.
Eating foods that are rich in nutrients and fiber, and low in calories, "fills us up," thus preventing us from overeating. A complicated system of chemoreceptors in the nerves lining the digestive tract carefully monitor the calorie and nutrient density of every mouthful and send such information to the hypothalamus in the brain, which controls dietary drive. There are stretch receptors in the stomach to signal when you are satisfied by detecting volume. If you are not filled up with nutrients and fiber, the brain will send out signals telling you to eat more food or overeat!
If you consume sufficient nutrients and fiber, you will become biochemically filled with nutrients and mechanically filled with fiber, then your desire to consume calories will be blunted or turn down. A key factor that determines whether you will overeat is your failure to consume sufficient fiber and foods with a high nutrient value.
Liquid calories (from juicing) without the fiber present in the whole food have little effect in blunting our caloric drive. Studies show that fruit juice and other sweet beverages lead to obesity in children as well. If you are serious about losing weight, don't drink your fruit - eat it! Too much fiber and nutrients are removed during juicing. There is no substitute to eating those fresh fruits and vegetables! There is no substitute for natural whole foods.
There are no magic Pills, Potions or Powders when it comes to weight loss. We live in a universe governed by natural law and order; by cause and effect. If you want optimal health and longevity, you must engage the cause! And if you want to lose fat weight safely, you must eat a diet of predominantly unrefined whole foods that are nutrient and fiber rich. The best diet lifestyle to accomplish this is the Whole Foods, Plant Based Diet. Join the revolution in health!
Comments adapted from Joel Fuhrman, Eat To Live. P.36f
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