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As the weather changes, and the air turns from warm to cold, soup is one of those foods that comforts us and fills us up in a healthy way. Soup does not only taste great but women who start their lunch with a bowl of soup eat 100 calories less over the course of the meal, on average. If you are not up for preparing soup, here is a list of the Healthiest soups on the supermarket shelves.
Muir Glen Organic Reduced-Sodium Garden Vegetable Soup
Kettle Cuisine Chicken Soup with Rice Noodles
Healthy Choice Chicken Noodle
Trader Joe's low sodium Minestrone Soup
Pacific Natural Foods Organic Light-Sodium Creamy Tomato Soup
Amy's Organic Light in Sodium Low-Fat Minestrone
Campbell's Select Harvest Healthy Request Chicken with Whole-Grain Pasta Soup
V8 Golden Butternut Squash Soup
Progresso Reduced-Sodium Tomato Parmesan Soup
Tabatchnick Southwest Bean Soup
Campbell's Select Healthy Request
Health Valley (all soups in the line are under 600 mg sodium);
Progresso's Reduced Sodium Soups
Amy's Kitchen Lentil Vegetable Soup
Wolfgang Puck Soups-all organic
The requirements per serving that constitute healthy soups from the American Heart Association include less than 3 g of fat and 1 g of saturated fat -- or 5 g of fat and 2 g of saturated fat for meat products. Soups should contain less than 480 mg of sodium and at least 10 percent or more of vitamins A and C, calcium, protein and fiber.
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