The obesity problem has been getting worse and worse across the USA and worldwide. In order to effectively fight this serious health condition it is important to eat nutritious low fat and low calorie food and to exercise often. Eating prunes can help with weight loss reported the University of Liverpool on May 31, 2014.

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that eating prunes as part of a weight control diet can help with weight loss. The researchers at the University’s Institute of Psychology, Health and Society tested whether eating prunes as part of a weight loss diet helped or hurt weight control. It was observed that participants in the study who ate prunes as part of a healthy lifestyle diet lost 2kg in weight and took 2.5cm off their waists.

Dr Jo Harrold, a Liverpool psychologist, has said the data from this study are the first to show both weight loss and no negative side effects when consuming prunes as part of a weight management diet. In the long term prunes may help dieters fight hunger and satisfy appetite. Clearly a healthy diet is vital to maintain healthy weight loss. Professor Jason Halford, professor of experimental psychology, says along with fresh fruit and vegetables it appears dried fruit offers a useful and convenient addition to the diet to help control appetite during dieting.

Eating just one-quarter-cup serving of prunes, or about four prunes, provides you with 12 percent of the suggested daily need for fiber reports Livestrong.com. This small helping of prunes also provides you with 32 percent of the suggested daily need for vitamin K and 9 percent of the suggested daily need for potassium. Fiber helps to lower your cholesterol, and therefore your heart disease risk. Fiber also increases feelings of fullness which helps with healthy dieting. Prunes offer a delicious and nutritious way to help shed those extra pounds and to keep them off.