Negative calorie foods

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
    Everything you eat has calories. Everything.
  • Thomasm198
    Thomasm198 Posts: 3,189 Member
    They don't exist.
    See above
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    this can't be serious....
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    negative calorie foods are a myth
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    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
    Tang
  • rbiss
    rbiss Posts: 422 Member
    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
    They don't exist.
    Yep.
  • madhatter2013
    madhatter2013 Posts: 1,547 Member
    Someone told you about cauliflower didn't they?
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    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
    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
    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 Member
    chewing one dill spear
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    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
    Someone told you about cauliflower didn't they?

    Lol, that's why you're my friend
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    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
    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
    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
    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
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    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

    No to all of the above especially all of the listed fruits. If you eat enough of any of those foods, you'd gain weight. They are not negative calorie foods.
  • madhatter2013
    madhatter2013 Posts: 1,547 Member
    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!

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  • PeteWhoLikesToRunAlot
    PeteWhoLikesToRunAlot Posts: 596 Member
    If a calorie = a unit of energy, then negative calories = negative energy. You find that and you've got yourself a time machine, i think.
  • paulawatkins1974
    paulawatkins1974 Posts: 720 Member
    Where do I find these negative calorie foods? I will pay my life savings!!
  • SlightlyMadman
    SlightlyMadman Posts: 35 Member
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative-calorie_food

    There's never been any evidence to support their existence.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    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

    Do yourself a really BIG favor.

    Ditch this whole zero calorie food thing and just log EVERYTHING. In fact, for best practices, weigh it all out on a food scale.

    If you don't do this, then bookmark this thread and when you are about to make a "Help, I'm not losing" thread, reference this and get an idea of where you are going wrong.
  • Justifier
    Justifier Posts: 336 Member
    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

    I need more tequila dreams.
  • sstolii123
    sstolii123 Posts: 205 Member
    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.

    Thanks for the Pipe dream definition!!

    The only thing that takes more calories to digest is water!
  • madhatter2013
    madhatter2013 Posts: 1,547 Member
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative-calorie_food

    There's never been any evidence to support their existence.

    There's never been any evidence that Wikipedia is accurate. Just sayin'
  • random_user75
    random_user75 Posts: 157 Member

    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.

    Neato! I like learning!

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