Negative calorie foods

laurenatholen

So apparently apples and other vegetables and fruits are negative calories. Should I still track them when I eat them? I feel like I should but I just don't even know if the whole negative calorie thing is true

heartshines

I track everything I eat just to have record. It helps me stay on track.
If anything I eat burns off calories, then that's an added bonus!

Keep up the good work!

FionaAnne22

Yeah I would still put them in, celery is also negative

TeresaC79

i get 80 calories when i eat an apple.....where does it say it is negative calories?

TeresaC79

Found this in a google search:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1896439_1896359_1896346,00.html

SavCal71

There is no such thing as a negative calorie food.

pretty_ribbons

These are foods that use more energy to digest that the actual food has, right? i would add it but just dont feel so bad when u have loads, like, 10 apples LOL!

Nerdy_Rose

There is no such thing as a negative calorie food.

^ This.

CLotfy

I know Weight Watchers doesn't normally count most fruits and vegetables towards your daily Points, but I've always logged everything that goes into my mouth.

Contrarian

There is no such thing as a negative calorie food.

^ This.

Just to drive the point home...

mill1295

There is no such thing as a negative calorie food. Apples are around 80 cals, more if they're big. Some vegetables have very low calories but even a single calorie is a lot of energy and your body is an efficient machine..

debikay55

Hello i track every thing

chicky89

If there were negative calorie foods, when you look up the nutrional fact, it would say 0 or -40.

They are certainily calories that are good for you, and are best if you need to snack on something with very little or no calories left.

meg7399

this is a LIE! there is no such thing as negative calorie food!!!! such a damn dieting myth that people are dumb enough to keep believing! If its a food it has calories!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kenyonsmom10

if you eat it, log it. the end.

kenyonsmom10

this is a LIE! there is no such thing as negative calorie food!!!! such a damn dieting myth that people are dumb enough to keep believing! If its a food it has calories!!!!!!!!!!!!!

^ exactly. if you eat it, you record it.... it was a consumption of food=calories!

meg7399

in case you don't believe me....here is some trusty internet facts!!
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1896439_1896359_1896346,00.html

tpenha

absolutely!!

koosdel

Isn't lead paint a negative calorie food?

rmpratt1

As someone else said there is no negative calorie food - it is a food that the process of digestion & eating costs more than eating the food. Which works for small quantities of any food however if you fill your stomach with celery it will not be a negative calorie food.

The calories you are allocated as your daily resting burn rate effectively take into consideration the energy it takes you to process food.

Suziq2you

There is no such thing as a negative calorie food.

^ This.

Just to drive the point home...

And again.

Allyson1985

There is no such thing as a negative calorie food.

^ Agreed. Amen.

Jo2926

The calories you are allocated as your daily resting burn rate effectively take into consideration the energy it takes you to process food.

This.

Starlage

if you eat it, log it. the end.

ditto. No such thing- log everything you eat even if it's like 10 calories. It's not a good habit in my opinion to eat something (even something as healthy as celery) and have the mental attitude of "don't need to log that...". Don't you think that could lead to not logging other things? Hell, I put cinnamon powder on my sugar free pudding last night and even logged that (1tsp is like 3 calories, lol)