EATING FOR SATIETY If your goal is to eat fewer calories without going hungry, high-satiety foods will help. These are items that have some combination of low calorie density, moderate palatability, high protein, and/or high fiber, such as beans, lentils, fresh fruit, vegetables, potatoes and sweet potatoes, fresh meat and seafood, oatmeal, avocados, yogurt, and eggs. The exceptionally high satiety value of potatoes is undoubtedly one of the reasons why the “potato diet” we encountered in chapter 3 is effective. But if you cover your potato with calorie-dense flavorings such as butter and
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