songbird wrote:
>
> Gary wrote:
> > I read an article once that suggested eating a small
> > apple 20-30 minutes before you cook dinner. You'll find
> > yourself cooking a much smaller dinner. I tried it and
> > it works.
>
> if you don't have apples a few prunes or any other fruit
> and a glass of hot water in the middle of winter also helps
> make you feel a lot fuller for longer, extra fiber hardly
> ever hurts most people as they don't get enough anyways.

Do plums count for fiber as well as their dried prune version?
I'll occasionally eat fresh plums but never bought prunes.

Also... what does the hot water (vs cold water) do?