Negative calorie foods

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qwicherbytchin
qwicherbytchin Posts: 42
in Food and Nutrition
Does everyone include negative calorie foods in there food diary? I've always included them, but I got to thinking this morning that if they're negative calories, should I really be including them? Opinions appreciated. :)
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  • lemonsnowdrop
    lemonsnowdrop Posts: 1,298 Member
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    Everything you eat has calories. Everything.
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
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    They don't exist.
    See above
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,139 Member
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    this can't be serious....
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
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    negative calorie foods are a myth
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
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    I vote corn.

    if it comes out looking about the same as when I ate it- I'm going with a none food.

    But I still count it. :drinker:
  • KseRz
    KseRz Posts: 980 Member
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    Tang
  • rbiss
    rbiss Posts: 422 Member
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    All food has calories. If you mean 0, then yes, I still include them. For example, diet soda has 0 calories, but contains sodium which I track.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
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    They don't exist.
    Yep.
  • madhatter2013
    madhatter2013 Posts: 1,547 Member
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    Someone told you about cauliflower didn't they?
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
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    Does everyone include negative calorie foods in there food diary? I've always included them, but I got to thinking this morning that if they're negative calories, should I really be including them? Opinions appreciated. :)
    Go on give us an example of a negative calorie food I'm intrigued !
  • Justifier
    Justifier Posts: 336 Member
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    There is no food that has less calories in it than it takes to digest. One "food calorie" is actually equal to 1000 calorie units of energy or a kilocalorie. Digestion does not require that much energy.
  • ElyseL1
    ElyseL1 Posts: 504 Member
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    i think shes talking abt fruits and vegtables that take more calories to digest than the food itself offers. Like celery. And yes count them.
  • AnthonyThrashD
    AnthonyThrashD Posts: 306
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    chewing one dill spear
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
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    I vote corn.

    if it comes out looking about the same as when I ate it- I'm going with a none food.

    But I still count it. :drinker:
    Someone told you about cauliflower didn't they?


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  • 1princesswarrior
    1princesswarrior Posts: 1,242 Member
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    Someone told you about cauliflower didn't they?

    Lol, that's why you're my friend
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
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    They don't exist.
    See above

    This.

    Sorry, OP but those are just a pipe dream.

    Side note: As I wrote the above statement, I realized that while I know what constitutes a 'pipe dream' I had no idea why it meant what it did. Thanks to google: the derivation of pipe dream - from the fantasies brought about by the smoking of opium
    First Known Use: 1890

    I just thought it was important to learn something in this thread.
  • qwicherbytchin
    qwicherbytchin Posts: 42
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    A negative-calorie food would be a food that required more food energy to be digested than it provided. That is, its thermic effect – the caloric "cost" of digesting the food – would be greater than its food energy content. The thermic effect is scientifically called specific dynamic action. While this concept is popular in dieting guides, there is no scientific evidence supporting the idea that any food is a negative-calorie food.

    Negative calorie vegetables: Aubergine, Asparagus, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Chicory, Cress, Cucumber, Fennel, Gourd, Leek, Lettuce, Marrow,Peppers, Radish, Spinach,Tomato, Turnip, etc.
    Negative calorie fruits: Apricot, Blackberry Blackcurrant, Clementines, Damsons, Grapefruit, Guava, Honeydew Melon, Lemon, Mandarin orange, Melon Cantaloupe, Peaches, Plums, Raspberry, Rhubarb, Strawberry, Tangerine, Watermelon
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
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    They don't exist.
    See above

    This.

    Sorry, OP but those are just a pipe dream.

    Side note: As I wrote the above statement, I realized that while I know what constitutes a 'pipe dream' I had no idea why it meant what it did. Thanks to google: the derivation of pipe dream - from the fantasies brought about by the smoking of opium
    First Known Use: 1890

    I just thought it was important to learn something in this thread.

    <and the more you know>>>>>>

    actually that is cool- I did learn something today!
  • madhatter2013
    madhatter2013 Posts: 1,547 Member
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    Side note: As I wrote the above statement, I realized that while I know what constitutes a 'pipe dream' I had no idea why it meant what it did. Thanks to google: the derivation of pipe dream - from the fantasies brought about by the smoking of opium
    First Known Use: 1890

    I just thought it was important to learn something in this thread.

    I need more pipe dreams

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