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Negative calorie foods

hummingbirdhope
hummingbirdhope Posts: 101 Member
edited November 2024 in Introduce Yourself
I've heard that blueberries are "negative calorie" foods. I have a friend who just started dieting. She use to binge a lot, but she's replaced it now with binge eating blue berries. BOXES at a time. I told her that the excess calories are still "excess". Any views on this?

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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    You are right, boxes of blueberries still have calories. No such thing as negative calories.
  • sheepotato
    sheepotato Posts: 600 Member
    Yes blueberries have calories nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/1851/2

    As does celery and any other 'negative calorie' food
    nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2396/2

    Perhaps you could help your friend by taking her to an ED support group.
  • Slateofamuse
    Slateofamuse Posts: 125 Member
    plain black tea or coffee is about it for zero calories as far as I know
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    There is no such thing as a negative calorie food.
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    chauneth wrote: »
    plain black tea or coffee is about it for zero calories as far as I know

    Nope, my 3 cups of black coffee log in at 5 calories =)
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    hummingbirdhope wrote: »
    I've heard that blueberries are "negative calorie" foods. I have a friend who just started dieting. She use to binge a lot, but she's replaced it now with binge eating blue berries. BOXES at a time. I told her that the excess calories are still "excess". Any views on this?

    Her #2s must be quite colorful

  • Momjogger
    Momjogger Posts: 750 Member
    Whole foods take more energy to digest, but it is minimal and there is no negative calorie food. Urban diet myth maybe....but I am sure that is she was bingeing bad for you food before and she is bingeing on blueberries now, she is probably working at a comparative deficit. Her thinking about food does need to be addressed though.
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