10 Surprising Ways You’re Destroying Your Salads

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Volumetrics is an approach to weight-loss that focuses on foods that have fewer calories per bite, so you can eat more without feeling hungry or deprived. A big bowl of greens would be be a fit for this strategy if it wasn’t for all the high-calorie toppings we add. Go ahead and eat the ginormous bowl of salad, but only if you’ve kept the toppings in check. If you order a restaurant salad, ask for a doggie bag and make two meals out of it.