Negative calorie foods

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  • featherkiss
    featherkiss Posts: 53
    If someone finds a negative calorie carb....let me in on it....would be like a non-alchoholic beer for a drunk.....
  • a_mandolin_
    a_mandolin_ Posts: 336 Member
    Since mango was on the "list" a mango has aprox 130 calories say you eat 10 of them (yes that's a lot of mangos) do you think that those 1130 calories just go poof? You would log that correct? If you would log it if you ate 10 you should log it if you ate 1 or a half etc.

    To me it would be a very slippery slope to decide that some calories don't really count.

    I tried to cut a mango once. I am certain I burned at least 130 calories in stomping around the kitchen, angrily cursing at it and eventually just brutally stabbing it over and over.

    I also did not know one could eat a dandilion. My food budget will dimish greatly this summer :wink:
  • For_the_Last_Time
    For_the_Last_Time Posts: 136 Member
    Since mango was on the "list" a mango has aprox 130 calories say you eat 10 of them (yes that's a lot of mangos) do you think that those 1130 calories just go poof? You would log that correct? If you would log it if you ate 10 you should log it if you ate 1 or a half etc.

    To me it would be a very slippery slope to decide that some calories don't really count.

    I tried to cut a mango once. I am certain I burned at least 130 calories in stomping around the kitchen, angrily cursing at it and eventually just brutally stabbing it over and over.

    I also did not know one could eat a dandilion. My food budget will dimish greatly this summer :wink:

    That only counts if you logged the "exercise" :happy:
  • Wrenbot87
    Wrenbot87 Posts: 100 Member
    Okay, I literally laughed at loud! I'm so happy someone else caught the dandelion on that list of ridiculousness! Thanks for the laugh today!
  • calibriintx
    calibriintx Posts: 1,741 Member
    I log bacon and bread as negative calories. On days I don't feel like working out, I just eat a loaf of bread. BOOM! -2070 calories!
  • dsjohndrow
    dsjohndrow Posts: 1,820 Member
    You mean like water? Yes. If you are referring to foods that supposedly have no calories, there aren't any.
  • Mighty_Rabite
    Mighty_Rabite Posts: 581 Member
    I only tend to log caloric foods myself. Hasn't hurt progress!
  • dsjohndrow
    dsjohndrow Posts: 1,820 Member
    Everything has calories!!

    BUT,

    Some foods are so few in calories, it takes more calories (or same amount of calories) to burn and digest the food than there are calories in the food.

    Examples...

    Fruits

    apple
    cranberries
    grapefruit
    lemon
    mango
    orange
    pineapple
    raspberries
    strawberries
    tangerine

    Vegetables

    asparagus
    beet
    broccoli
    cabbage (green)
    carrot
    cauliflower
    celery
    Chile peppers (hot)
    cucumber
    dandelion
    endive
    garden cress
    garlic
    green beans
    lettuce
    onion
    papaya
    radishes
    spinach
    turnip

    It not true. If you eat enough, you will gain weight. It might take a while to get past your calorie goal, but it is entirely possible.
  • sleepytexan
    sleepytexan Posts: 3,138 Member
    I only eat foods with positive calories.
  • ljauk
    ljauk Posts: 1
    Suppose it depends if you are keeping track of the protein, carbs, vitamins, sugar, etc... all that kaboodle. I change my food sometimes if I go over on a specific protein or carb so I just dont count calories :)
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    Why do you people hate science?

    You deserve a flower. One genetically modified by science. :flowerforyou:
  • DaniJeanine
    DaniJeanine Posts: 473 Member
    Wouldn't it make sense to lean on the side of caution? I mean, celery & black coffee is one thing--but an apple (example on the list) may in fact take a lot to digest, but that's about 100 calories that I would be a little worried about not logging.
  • markpmc
    markpmc Posts: 240 Member
    If someone finds a negative calorie carb....let me in on it....would be like a non-alchoholic beer for a drunk.....

    I'm with feather if this.
    IMO It's just another fabled shortcut that people try in place of discipline and work.
  • _Witsy_
    _Witsy_ Posts: 609 Member
    FFS.
  • jaygreen55
    jaygreen55 Posts: 315 Member
    Why do you people hate science?

    Because ignorance is bliss
  • _Witsy_
    _Witsy_ Posts: 609 Member
    Everything has calories!!

    BUT,

    Some foods are so few in calories, it takes more calories (or same amount of calories) to burn and digest the food than there are calories in the food.

    Examples...

    Fruits

    apple
    cranberries
    grapefruit
    lemon
    mango
    orange
    pineapple
    raspberries
    strawberries
    tangerine

    Vegetables

    asparagus
    beet
    broccoli
    cabbage (green)
    carrot
    cauliflower
    celery
    Chile peppers (hot)
    cucumber
    dandelion
    endive
    garden cress
    garlic
    green beans
    lettuce
    onion
    papaya
    radishes
    spinach
    turnip

    It doesn't take 70 calories to digest an orange. Same with most of this. list. A few of these have so few calories that it might more or less even out, but most of this is untrue. Especially the fruit.

    And this.
  • supergirljen
    supergirljen Posts: 98
    I don't log diet drinks and fruit when its 10 calories or less because I don't want to get bored of tracking and it seems so minimal it's pointless. Never adds up to more than 100 calories in a day.

    On the other hand, I don't log the 10-15 min walks with my dog or quickies on the home bike and only log 30 min plus exercise sessions. Also, if I give the last bite of my biscuit to the dog, I don't make any deduction for it from my log.


    If the scale stops showing results I may become more strict, but considering how much stuff we eat is just estimated anyway I don't think a few 10 calorie drinks missed off the list will make much difference.

    Yes.
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    Do you have to eat back calories lost from negative calorie foods?

    Welcome back Doc :)
  • Siege_Tank
    Siege_Tank Posts: 781 Member
    I wonder if crab is a negative calorie food... It takes so much effort to get to the sweet, succulent meat, you probably burn more calories getting it open than you consume.

    :wink:
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
    If you're looking for a way to eat more... exercise.
  • felice03
    felice03 Posts: 2,644 Member
    do you adjust everything you eat to incude the calories used up during digestion? Why would celery get special treatment?
  • NavyMommy
    NavyMommy Posts: 102 Member
    I don't log everything I eat. All fruits, veggies, grains, proteins, ect. are logged, but when it comes to things like spices or herbs I usually don't. Cooking at home makes it harder because I season as I go until something 'looks right'. Even so when I look at my diary I can tell you the seasonings I used in context. I don't think anyone ever got fat off of chili powder or nutmeg.
  • shiplizard
    shiplizard Posts: 20 Member
    Your average great ape or chimp eats nearly nothing but 'negative calorie foods' on the daily-- heads of lettuce, carrots, apples, etc. Their digestive systems are a lot like ours, their teeth are a lot like ours, and somehow they manage to be pretty massive beasties.

    Log your lettuce.
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    Why do you people hate science?
    because its the DEVIL'S WORK...:laugh:

    Seriously though...I really wish 'negative calorie foods' myth was true...
    HELLTOWER-Science.jpg
  • kitkatkate77
    kitkatkate77 Posts: 24
    I don't log vegetables because my goal is to eat MORE vegetables. I don't ever want to have the thougt "If I skip my salad, I can have an extra cookie." So I eat all the vegies I can get down.
  • beanrider
    beanrider Posts: 66 Member
    Why do you people hate science?

    Because it disproves their hypothesis.
  • DaniJeanine
    DaniJeanine Posts: 473 Member
    If you're looking for a way to eat more... exercise.

    ...and boom goes the dynamite.
  • HardRockCamaro
    HardRockCamaro Posts: 147
    Going back to the drinking cold water comparison...

    A calorie is defined as the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1degC.
    1kcal (which is what you are referring to with your food calories, is the same but for for 1kg, or 1L, of water.

    So in other words, if you drank water and transferred your body heat to it and then burned more to maintain your body temp you'd be talking about such a small number of kcals you wouldn't bother counting it...
  • nightengale7
    nightengale7 Posts: 563 Member
    Your average great ape or chimp eats nearly nothing but 'negative calorie foods' on the daily-- heads of lettuce, carrots, apples, etc. Their digestive systems are a lot like ours, their teeth are a lot like ours, and somehow they manage to be pretty massive beasties.

    Log your lettuce.

    I <3 this :flowerforyou:
  • jaygreen55
    jaygreen55 Posts: 315 Member
    Venison from a deer you chased down and killed with your bare hands.

    If that were the case we would have long been extinct .

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