Negative Calorie Foods

Let me start by saying that no diet should be started without first talking to your doctor. Only your doctor can tell you whether you are healthy enough to start a diet in the first place.

No foods have negative calories. The lowest you can get is zero. Water has 0 calories, but the body has to warm it up to use it. It only takes about 50 calories to burn the recommended 8 glasses of water per day, but that will create a negative calorie effect since water has 0 calories! Get it now?

"Negative calorie" refers to a list of foods that contain less energy than the body needs to digest and absorb the energy and nutrients contained in the foods. This means that from eating these foods alone, there is potential for a net loss of calories from the body. This means the body has to work harder to use these foods. This negative energy balance is required to lose weight.
There is plenty of science to support the fact that a raw food diet of fresh fruits and vegetables will help you lose weight. Our bodies use up energy in digesting food. Scientists believe that about 10% of the calories from food are burned during the process of digesting food. The calories in "negative calorie" foods are very low and very healthy compared to the calories in fat, sugar, meat. So, you can eat all of the green veggies you want and still lose weight.

Vegetables:

Artichokes
Asparagus
Green beans
String beans
Beets
Beet greens
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage
Chinese cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celeriac
Celery
Chervil
Chicory
Chives
Squash
Tomato (fresh/canned)
Corn (cob/canned)
Cucumbers
Dandelion greens
Dill pickles
Eggplant
Endive
Garlic
Kale
Kohlrabi
Leeks
Lettuce
Mushrooms
Mustard greens
Okra
Onions
Parsley leaves
Turnips
Watercress
Parsnips (raw/boiled)
Peas
Peppers (green/red)
Pickles (sour/sweet)
Pumpkin
Radishes
Rappini
Red cabbage
Rhubarb
Rutabagas
Sauerkraut
Salsify
Scallions
Shallots
Sorrel
Spinach

Fruits:

Apples
Apricots
Blackberries
Blueberries
Cantaloupe
Cherries
Cranberries
Currants
Damson plum
Figs
Fruit salad (fresh/canned)
Grapefruit
Grapes
Honeydew melon
Huckleberries
Kiwi
Kumquats
Lemons
Limes
Loganberries
Mangoes
Muskmelons
Nectarines
Oranges
Papaya
Peaches
Pears
Pineapple
Pomegranates
Prunes
Quince
Raspberries
Strawberries
Tangerines
Watermelon

Meat:
Abalone
Bass (fresh water/sea)
Buffalo fish
Catfish
Clams (cooked)
Cod Steaks
Crab
Crayfish
Flounder
Frog legs
Mussels
Oysters (half shell)
Shrimp
Terrapin
Trout
Tuna

The idea is that these foods are usually very high in fiber and have a low number of calories to begin with. So, they keep you full but don't add any calories. This can be a great advantage in the fight to lose weight. These foods cannot serve as a diet alone. That would not be healthy at all. However, it might be a good idea to pick up one of these foods instead of those potato chips or chocolate.

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