I came across a few articles that had weight loss tips from around the world. I picked a few that I thought I could try to implement.
Thailand: Eat spicy food
Thai food is among the spiciest in the world. Hot peppers raise your metabolism, but the real benefit of food with a little zing is that spicy food slows your eating. When you eat too fast, as many North Americans do, by the time your body signals it’s full, you’ve overeaten. Eating more slowly is a good weight-loss strategy, and making food spicier is an easy way to do it.
United Kingdom: Eat smaller portions
In restaurants and at home, the Brits prefer smaller portions—perhaps a lingering vestige of the frugality instilled by World War II rationing. Nutritionists say supersizing a meal supersizes you.
Mexico: Eat a big lunch
Instead of ingesting the bulk of the day’s calories in the evening, Mexicans traditionally eat their biggest meal between 2 and
4 p.m. If you eat less at night, you’ll wake up hungrier and eat a bigger breakfast, which facilitates weight control. As a general fat-fighting rule, try to get the bulk of your daily calories at breakfast and lunch.
Start with soup.
This Japanese tradition is one of the best weight-loss strategies.
That’s because eating soup, particularly the broth-based vegetable kind,
before your entrée fills you up so you eat less during the meal,
explains Barbara Rolls, Guthrie professor of nutrition at Penn State
University in University Park, and author of
The Volumetrics Eating Plan.
A two-year French study of 2,188 men and 2,849 women found that those
who ate soup five to six times a week were more likely to have BMIs
below 23 (considered lean), compared with infrequent- or non-eaters
whose BMIs tended to be in the 27 range
Go for Color
The Japanese have a saying: “Not dressing up the meal with color is
like going out without clothes.” Not only does color make food more
attractive, but consciously seeking out colorful foods is a great way to
bulk up your meals without a lot of calories. A Cornell University
study of 6,500 adults in rural China found that while the Chinese ate
about 30 percent more than the average American male, they weighed about
25 percent less, largely because they ate a lot of plant-based foods.
The Japanese aim for five colors at each meal: red, blue-green, yellow,
white and black, including things like red peppers, squash, broccoli,
onions, black beans or black olives. “We’re variety seekers, so instead
of seeking a variety of, say, cookies, get the variety from these
low-energy-dense foods,” Rolls says.
http://www.rd.com/health/weight-loss-tips-from-around-the-world/
