Liquids or Solids for Dieting?

You Say Tomato, I Say Tomato Juice

Considering a liquid diet? If so, you may want to reconsider. Why? Check out our comparison chart and you'll discover something quite surprising!

As you can see, the solid food has less calories than its liquid equivalent, and in many cases 3-4 times more calories.

Liquid	Amount	Calories	Solid	Amount	Calories
Tomato Juice	1 cup	31	Tomato	1 medium	25
Prune Juice	1 cup	180	Prunes	5 medium	100
Cranberry Juice	1 cup	145	Cranberries	1 cup	45
Orange Juice	1 cup	110	Orange	1 medium	62
Carrot Juice	1 cup	95	Carrot	1 large	35
Grapefruit Juice	1 cup	95	Grapefruit	1/2 medium	45
Grape Juice	1 cup	155	Grapes	1 cup	114
Apple Juice	1 cup	120	Apple	1 medium	80
Pineapple Juice	1 cup	140	Pineapple	1 cup	75
Apricot Nectar	1 cup	140	Apricot	1 medium	17
Peach Nectar	1 cup	135	Peach	1 medium	35
Limeade	1 cup	100	Lime	1 medium	20
Lemonade	1 cup	100	Lemon	1 medium	15
Chocolate Milk	1 cup	225	Hershey Bar	1 bar	220
Eggnog	1 cup	350	Eggs	1 large	78

For more information on liquid dieting, check out what Diet Bites has to say by reading Fat Liquidation.

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