lemons

sara1786

I was reading somewhere that putting real lemon juice in your water speeds up your metabolism. Has anyone else heard of this?! Also, lemon juice has no calories so it keeps the calorie count at zero. Does anyone know of any other foods that have this same effect?!

mamaturner

Yes I've heard that too, if its true or not tho I'm not sure, but it does taste good! Coffee! lol but that's not a food just a necesity for me in the morning.

velvetkist

I've heard that coffee, grapefruit and onions speed up your metabolism. I'm not sure about lemons but I know that they are a natural diuretic.


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Silver_Dream

Doesn't coffee have calories?

ittybittybadonkadonk

Doesn't coffee have calories?

when i put 8oz of folgers in my food diary its says 2 calories

Amylynn

I've seen some sites that say coffee has 0 calories, but it probably only has something like 5-10 calories per 8 oz. cup if any.

sara1786

I've seen some sites that say coffee has 0 calories, but it probably only has something like 5-10 calories per 8 oz. cup if any.

yeh, i think it has 2 calories per 8oz serving.

BrendaLee

Hot peppers speed up the metabolism, as does green tea.

ccdo

i live by hot pepper and green tea to keep my metabolism in gear but lemons dont speed up metabolism no :flowerforyou:

jennkohler

http://www.great-workout.com/nutrition/foods-that-speed-up-your-metabolism.cfm

I found this page that listed foods that help speed up metabolism and lemons were on it Hope this helps.

pannellkat

To make a negative calorie food list, we must be precisely clear on what we mean. There has been some confusion about this phrase. Some have thought that this kind of food contains no calories at all. This can't be right as long as all kinds of food contains at least some energy.

We're going to present you with a list of this kind of food. If you follow it, not necessarly without any other kinds of food, it will increase metabolism naturally, and the result will be weight loss - especially compared with eating a meal where these foods are not included.

Now, it's time for a definition. When we say negative calorie food, we mean foods which contain so little energy that the body actually uses more energy to digest and absorb the nutrients. So if you subtract calories you'll burn from the calories you eat, the result will be negative. Only by digesting the food you have eaten, there will be a net loss of energy or a negative energy balance. This is what must happen if you want to lose weight but with this food you don't have to do anything but eat it to accomplish that.

You can also eat protein in combination with such food. Good protein will help you control your appetite as well as increase your metabolism because the total amount of calories are not reduced too much.

Here is the list:

Vegetables

Fennel, aubergine, gourd, broccoli, leek, cabbage, lettuce, carrots, marrow, cauliflower, peppers, celery, radish, chicory, spinach, cress, tomato, cucumber, turnip.

Fruits

Apricot, mandarin orange, blackberry, melon canteloupe, blackcurrant, peaches, clementines, plums, damsons, raspberry, grapefruit. rhubarb, guava, strawberry, honeydew melon, tangerine, lemon, watermelon.

NikkiDerrig386

Lemon does have calories.. Not alot but a whole lemon is 22 calories. So if your putting lemon juice it should be like 1-5 maybe.