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Negative Calorie Diet
The concept of a food with negative calories seems like a joke. Many fad diets are about foods with ‘magical’ properties, and many offer only very temporary weight loss solutions – and who can maintain a monotonous diet of only one or two foods?
There are no foods with a negative calorie value. However it can be possible to obtain a ‘negative’ calorie effect.
Negative Calorie Effect
Fibrous complex carbohydrates are generally good for us. The American Heart Association recommends that 55% of our daily calories should come from complex carbohydrates. Fiber (in the correct amounts) is good for the digestive process, helping food to be processed and eliminated efficiently (it keeps us running smoothly!) – and can prevent gastro-intestinal ailments.
What is a fibrous complex carbohydrate? Green vegetables.
Green vegetables are low in calories. You can eat a lot of them without getting fat – yet at the same time the fibrous content can ‘fill you up’. There are some green vegetables in particular that are very low in calories.
Every food requires some energy in order to digest it (called the thermic effect of food). Some green vegetables may actually have some of their calories burnt up just to digest them. This is the “negative calorie” process.
Example Green Vegetables
- Asparagus
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Cauliflower
- Celery
- Zucchini (courgette)
Proponents of the Negative Calorie Diet suggest that eating a stick of celery (5 calories) will burn up 95 calories.
This is pure speculation and lacks scientific basis.
Weight Loss From Negative Calorie Diet
It is likely that all weight loss on the Negative Calorie Diet comes simply from consuming low calories. It is very unlikely that any diet consisting of a certain group of foods will have any ‘magical’ properties.
Fibrous vegetables are filling, very nutritious yet low in calories – any diet consisting of large portions of vegetables will aid in weight loss.
I started this diet after reading countless forums about the diet… If you havent actually tried it, you really shouldnt say it wont work or its a hoax or whatever… I did hardly any exercise at all and lost 10 pounds in the first six days on this diet. Im full all the time, not starving, and the weight just falls off. Im a 28 year old male weighing 215 pounds. excelent diet and I highly recommend it. Do keep in mind though that for the concept of negative calorie to work, all or most of the fruits and veggies must be eatin uncooked.
All you haters need to shut the f up!
Please I’d love to get out of my wheelchair and take a walk…but since that isn’t going to happen, I look for foods I can eat that won’t make my situtation worse.
So shut up! If you don’t have anything positive to say then keep your lame, ignorant comments to yourselves.
You should all be ashamed of yourselves.
The best way to lose weight is to not read all of these diet ‘wonders’ on the internet, sitting at home, eating a bowl of chips on the side. Having a healthy diet that is full of nutrients, even fat, is the way to go. Exercise is crucial and people cannot expect to do no work and lose weight. That makes no sense. If work is a product of energy, and excess energy is fat, then doing no work will burn no energy and guess what, that leaves fat left over. If you want to lose weight, you have to stop cowering behind diets and get active about what you eat and what you do with your body for ANY GIVEN CHOICE , not just one day a week or for a few hours every other day/
Wow can’t believe people are still buying into this stuff. If you want to lose weight you have to get off your butt and start exercising like nick suggests. And start eating properly. It’s not rocket science.
This diet works for the amount of time your willing to eat so much green vegetables. I was raised to eat some with every meal. It’s difficult to get em’ everyday. ALTHOUGH, that doesnt mean you can’t. Diets aren’t just meant to keep your body healty, while you work out, diets should be an everyday thing. Just doing a diet and not working out will still make you lose weight but then you have all this extra skin (sorry if I gross anyone out), and it’s very unattractive. Work out by doing a nice jog, Eliptical, stairs, or go out for a nice bike ride. In some conditions some of these are difficult due to weather. I myself live in Illinois and Working out in the winter is the hardest. Just put forth the effort and you’ll lose weight and look fantastic! I myself use to weight 210 Lbs. Now I weight 185 Lbs! Happy dieting!
By the way “guywithabs”, we all have abs, stupid.