20 Great Foods for Slimming Down this Winter

Winter is coming, but so is Xmas. Which means you will likely be eating lots of sweets during the Holiday season.

But what if you want to lose weight this Winter instead of gaining it?

Well we do have some suggestions. The following foods are good for slimming down - even during Winter! Many of the following foods are an excellent source of nutrients, contain chemicals that help your body slim down, high protein, anti-oxidants, and/or are very low on calories. The precise reasons vary for each food, but we recommend all of them. For organizational reasons we have separated the foods into different categories.

CEREALS
Hot Oatmeal

DAIRY
Coconut Milk
Greek Yogurt
Kefir

FRUITS
Guava
Pomelo
Prickly Pears (aka pear cactus)
Starfruit
Tangelo

MEAT
Liver

NUTS / SEEDS / BEANS
Chia Seeds
Cocoa Beans or Dark Chocolate
Macadamia Nuts
Sunflower Seeds

OTHER
Honey (use as a sweetener instead of sugar)
Maple Syrup
Red Wine or Red Grapes

SEAFOOD
Oysters

VEGETABLES
Shiitake Mushrooms
Watercress