List of Negative Calorie Foods – Lose Weight by Eating
Any food that makes you lose more calories than you put on just by eating them are no good for an entire diet, (it would result in malnutrition) but as snack foods these things can be fantastic. These foods are also known as negative calorie foods. Usually it means the foods have calories, but so few of them that your body spends more than it gains eating and digesting them.
Celery – Quick example
Celery is a fantastic snack food. A single stick of celery contains around 4-6 calories. You will use about 10-12 eating it. Fresh celery tastes great, can be eaten raw with no preparation and will fill you up (eventually) as it contains lots of water – a great appetite suppressant.
List of Negative Calorie Foods
Berries (certain berries such as blue berries at least)
Cabbage
Celery
Cucumber
Garlic
Grapefruit
Grapefruit
Green beans
Hot Chilli’s
Lemon
Lettuce
Radish
Spinach
Tomato
Turnip
Water Melon
Cardboard (its edible just about, is negative in calories but really not recommended!)
These are most of the negative calorie foods. There are others people claim are negative calories, such as apples , peaches and plums but it seems unlikely considering they usually contain around 100 calories.
Try and replace sweets with sticks of celery, puddings with a slice of watermelon, your usual snacks with a slight salad made up of a few of the above, etc. If you do this it will really be a bonus to your diet. Just remember not to replace proper meals with them!
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November 10th, 2008 at 7:18 am
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