0 calorie foods??

lindsaymarcin
lindsaymarcin Posts: 81 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
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My sister sent me this pin regarding 0 calorie foods. Apparently your body burns more calories digesting these foods then what the food actually has. I am guessing this is the same concept that others who have been on WW have encountered where fruits and veggies were "free". Does anyone know if there is any truth to any of this? I'm not buying into it and continue to log my fruit and veggies, but want to know if anyone has had any luck with not counting these foods on MFP and still losing weight??

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  • rak173
    rak173 Posts: 105 Member
    I have seen and heard many things like this. Like you, I don't buy it and continue to log everything. I look at it as normal calories my body burns off by living anyway. Would be interested in learning more about it though.
  • angelicprettyy
    angelicprettyy Posts: 143
    So... my body burns 100 calories while eating an orange? :huh:

    Yeah, I'm pretty sure that picture is BS...
  • KristyMayhem331
    KristyMayhem331 Posts: 189 Member
    I am no expert but regardless if you burn more calories consuming these foods than the calories they contain, the still have calories and i would still track/log every single one.
  • Shropshire1959
    Shropshire1959 Posts: 982 Member
    I expended 100 calories getting into a packet of chocolate biscuits earlier .. damned packaging worked in my favour this time :-p
  • __freckles__
    __freckles__ Posts: 1,238 Member
    Wikipedia gives you your answer:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative-calorie_food

    "A negative-calorie food is a food that is incorrectly claimed to require more food energy to be digested than it provides. That is, its thermic effect – the caloric "cost" of digesting the food – is greater than its food energy content. The thermic effect is scientifically called specific dynamic action. While this concept is popular in dieting guides, there is no scientific evidence to support that any of the foods claimed as negative-calorie foods are such."
  • mfp2014mfp
    mfp2014mfp Posts: 689 Member
    I think what they are trying to refer to is the thermic effect of food, here if you're interested.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermic_effect_of_food
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    I wouldn't bank on this.
    I count all veggies and fruits, and everything else. When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is!
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    By that logic I could say my morning meal was 0 cals becauseI burned off my entire breakfast while running this morning - I still log it. There are no zero cal foods (other than water) - if you eat it, log it. If you happen to burn off it's cals while eating it, bonus. :drinker:
  • RomulanWarbird
    RomulanWarbird Posts: 230
    lol what
  • MelisaBegins
    MelisaBegins Posts: 161 Member
    The only 0 calorie food that I consume is air. I consume a TON of it, every single day, but I don't log it on MFP.

    ETA: that is a lie. I also consume a 0 calorie beverage. Water. I also don't log this, but I probably should.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    complete nonsense This is why there's all the posts about why can't I lose weight and how can I eat more calories? It's all those zero calorie fruits and veggies they're having.
  • etscher
    etscher Posts: 41 Member
    Unless you are eating these foods while running or something, you're not going to be burning more calories digesting them. As far as WW is concerned, I do WW and yes, non-starchy fruits and veggies are 0 points, but this is only to encourage you to eat these more than anything unhealthy. So if you're hungry, you're encouraged to eat an apple rather than cheese since the apple is 0 points and is full of nutrients.

    They revamped their program a while ago to incorporate this change, but they still have calories.

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