Celery

MaximumAngelus
MaximumAngelus Posts: 10 Member
edited October 3 in Health and Weight Loss
So I noticed when I put celery into my Pal it tells meI am consuming calories... I thought celery was negative calories. BTW I''m new at this nice to meet you guys.

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  • rockylucas
    rockylucas Posts: 343 Member
    No such thing as negative calorie foods, a fun little myth
  • MaximumAngelus
    MaximumAngelus Posts: 10 Member
    ouch.... that hurta lol... oh well.. gotta learn.
  • marquesajen
    marquesajen Posts: 641
    Welcome! Celery has calories, though supposedly the act of eating it burns more than you take in. I don't think it is true, but I don't really know.
  • prdough
    prdough Posts: 76 Member
    calories that are listed on labels don't take the digestive calories burned into account.

    Celery is no different.

    If I eat peanut butter I don't subtract 10 calories from the label because my body uses 10 calories to digest it.

    Kinda the same principle
  • rockylucas
    rockylucas Posts: 343 Member
    Well dont let it hurt too bad :) Most of the foods which are reputed to be "negative calorie" are indeed very low calorie, mostly vegetables, so if you have a lot of them in your diet you will be on your way to better food choices anyhow :)
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