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    Zero Calorie Foods?

    Posts: 19 Member
    edited January 7 in Health and Weight Loss
    Real, or fake? What are your thoughts?

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    • Posts: 44 Member
      Everything I've tasted has been terrible, but honestly, I've only tried a few things.
    • Posts: 7,490 Member
      There is no such thing. Besides, why would you want to eat ANYTHING with no nutritional/energy value?
    • Posts: 550 Member
      there's no food that is zero calories but some foods, like celery, are considered zero calorie or negative calorie foods because they only have like 2 calories and you burn more calories than that chewing and actually eating it.
    • Posts: 8,701 Member
      Food is defined by having calories.
    • Posts: 1,548 Member
      black coffee
      mustard
      ice.....
    • Posts: 233 Member
      Shiritaki noodles, while they by themselves have 0 calories and no nutritional value *besides 1 gram of fiber* make it so that you can enjoy foods you wouldn't normally be able to due to its filler value. Who wants to eat 1 cup of pad thai with real noodles, when you can have 2-3 cups for the same caloric costs with shiritaki?
    • Posts: 353 Member
      If I burn more calories eating/preparing a food, then I would consider that food calorie free.
    • Posts: 842 Member
      black coffee
      mustard
      ice.....

      Black coffee can have up to five calories per serving, more if it's a flavored coffee.
    • Posts: 70 Member
      I'd be awfully suspicious of any food that claims to have zero cals - it's probably chocked up with sketchy chemicals... unless it's like lettuce or celery, and even those have some calories :)
    • Posts: 7,490 Member
      black coffee
      mustard
      ice.....

      8 oz. of coffee has 2 calories.
      Mustard has 3 calories in 1 teaspoon
      ice is water and not a food?

      Most foods that are actual FOODS (key word here) actually DO have calories. They can be advertised as "0" calories if they are less than 5 calories per the FDA.

      Again though, your body NEEDS calories, and nutrition. Why would you purposely consume things with little to none?
    • Posts: 233 Member

      Most foods that are actual FOODS (key word here) actually DO have calories. They can be advertised as "0" calories if they are less than 5 calories per the FDA.

      Again though, your body NEEDS calories, and nutrition. Why would you purposely consume things with little to none?

      I know I eat Shiritaki noodles which is 0, so that I can enjoy meals that I couldn't usually have on a lower calorie lifestyle. People who eat only 0 calorie foods without anything added, that I don't understand.
    • Posts: 989 Member
      Shiritaki noodles, while they by themselves have 0 calories and no nutritional value *besides 1 gram of fiber* make it so that you can enjoy foods you wouldn't normally be able to due to its filler value. Who wants to eat 1 cup of pad thai with real noodles, when you can have 2-3 cups for the same caloric costs with shiritaki?

      because they resemble worms
    • Posts: 990 Member
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      Black coffee can have up to five calories per serving, more if it's a flavored coffee.
      if your really going to count those " up to 5 calories" i think you have a problem
    • Posts: 214 Member
      Pickles
    • Posts: 842 Member
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      if your really going to count those " up to 5 calories" i think you have a problem

      Coffee has calories, Judgey McJudger. Whether it's counted or not, and whether people who do count it 'have a problem', is irrelevant.
    • Posts: 8,701 Member
      Pickles

      Yeah, cucumbers have calories. Pickle manufacturers just portion control the slices to make them less than 5 calories so they can report it as "0". They have calories.
    • Posts: 259

      if your really going to count those " up to 5 calories" i think you have a problem

      I count every single calorie.....when I put spinach on a wrap it is only like 3 calories....but those small calories add up quickly, so i count them just so I know exactly what I've put in.
    • Posts: 9,487 Member
      Other than Water. NO. Feel free to pretend all you want that your food doesn't have calories - but when your scale won't budge don't complain that all you eat are zero calorie foods.
    • Posts: 17,857 Member
      Again though, your body NEEDS calories, and nutrition. Why would you purposely consume things with little to none?
      For the same reason that people have sex with no intention of procreating.
    • Posts: 357 Member
      ice.....

      ICE, love it :drinker:
    • Posts: 1,146 Member
      I bought a jar of pickles and was surprised to see that it said zero calories on the label.

      If you're out of calories for the day and still hungry, eat a piece of grilled chicken and some vegetables. It'll be fine.
    • Posts: 8,701 Member
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      if your really going to count those " up to 5 calories" i think you have a problem

      If I'm cutting, I keep my diary super accurate- logging spices, coffee, etc. When I'm maintaining, I loosen the ropes a bit. Accuracy is not a problem- for many people it's THE solution.
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