A surprising fact has emerged in a research that eating more yoghurt and nuts every day had a bigger effect on losing weight than fruits and vegetables. Scientist says that eating extra yoghurt and nuts rather than concentrating on calorie cutting is more beneficial for weight loss. It is said by the Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health it was found the more good food one eats the more one loses its weight. Especially to maintain a slim figure, the researchers said, it is much more important to concentrate on eating healthy foods rather than fixating on how much one consumes. In the study of almost 120,000 people, out of which five-sixths were women, it was discovered that extra helpings of yoghurt, nuts, fruit, whole grains and vegetables were all linked to weight loss. The team observed the effect of a eating a particular food daily and found that people who ate an extra portion of yoghurt daily. The study also found that sleeping between six and eight hours was ideal for minimising weight gain, while cutting down on television viewing was also important.