Negative calorie foods
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WTF is a negative calorie food? I want it.0
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I think people consider food that are so low in calorie that you expend more calories chewing them, then you retain.
however a calorie is still a calorie and it still count towards your total for the day.
i log everything.. even lettuce and celery
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The purpose might also be to use the search function? Maybe once in a while even? There are 50 pages of results when you search "zero calorie". Just a thought.I thought the purpose of MFP is for people to be able to ask questions, no matter how "stupid" they seem, in an effort to gain knowledge and support, a simple... "Yes, you should log all foods, as none are truly negative calorie." Would work, rather than sarcasm Some people, including myself, are still trying to weed out the "myths" or marketing ploys, from true fact... Thank you for the general support in that - it really is appreciated, when a simple truthful answer is given. :flowerforyou:
I could also use google, but sometimes it's nice to have a conversation with people that have personal experience - and until recently, I wasn't familiar with how the "community" section worked entirely. Point taken, however, thank you 0 -
Group hug!0
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I don't log (most) raw fruits and vegetables because I need an incentive to include more of them in my diet. I know that I'd be tempted to just scan the bar code of a low cal processed food for a snack if I had to go through the trouble of weighing every strawberry or carrot stick I eat.
Serious question: how will you know whether you really are improving your intake of fruits and vegetables if you don't log them? What about your fiber goals?
You could weigh your day's allotment in the morning and put it in container, not weigh throughout the day.0 -
WTF is a negative calorie food? I want it.
air?
No wait- water! :drinker:0 -
a pickel is supposed to have zero calories.
pushing it through your system might net out to less then zero calories.
i wouldn't expect the exercise from eating pickles to amount to much weight loss tho
Dude, there's a food calorie database right on this website. Try looking things up before you say things. A medium dill pickle has 12 calories. That's not very many, but still a lot more than zero.
There are pickles that are said to be 0 calories per the nutritional label.
The thing to remember is that it isn't actually 0 calories. If it is less than 5 calories for the whole thing, then it can be put as zero calories on the labels.
That's because labelling laws allow them to round up/down, not because they don't actually have calories...0 -
Of course, it ensures that I get plenty of iron in my diet.
LOL! :laugh: :drinker:0 -
They don't exist.
This should have been the end of the thread...0 -
OP, Negative caloric foods are a weight loss myth. They continually receive plausibility from various diet blogs and gurus. However, no scientific evidence will support it. Myths such as this will always get attention because some people are looking for an easy method to loose weight and just can’t mentally grasp that they need to control their caloric intake.
Of course you could be your own experiment: Eat 3000 calories a day of “negative calorie” foods for ten days and record the results, then eat 3000 calories a day of “positive calorie” foods for ten days and let us know what happens.0 -
They don't exist.
This should have been the end of the thread...
but that's no fun at all.
Besides we wouldn't have had 5 pages of ongoing Tang jokes.
Because, lets admit it, that chit was funny.0 -
OP, Negative caloric foods are a weight loss myth. They continually receive plausibility from various diet blogs and gurus. However, no scientific evidence will support it. Myths such as this will always get attention because some people are looking for an easy method to loose weight and just can’t mentally grasp that they need to control their caloric intake.
Of course you could be your own experiment: Eat 3000 calories a day of “negative calorie” foods for ten days and record the results, then eat 3000 calories a day of “positive calorie” foods for ten days and let us know what happens.
People keep saying this, but how you you eat 3000 calories of a negative calorie food? 3000 X -1 = -30000 -
They don't exist.
This should have been the end of the thread...
but that's no fun at all.
Besides we wouldn't have had 5 pages of ongoing Tang jokes.
Because, lets admit it, that chit was funny.
I also liked the idea of pre-weighing all the snacks at once.
Personally, I'm more flexible and just count the strawberries I eat. After I log one, going back in and adding another to the first entry doesn't even take a second.
For salads, I created a "meal" that includes all of the toppings I typically eat on a salad. Since meals write the individual ingredients to your diary, adjusting the entry to the current day's salad is quick - a lot faster than finding and adding each individual ingredient.0 -
Agree. Yes you bunch of negative Nancy's. I can't stand it anymore. Me and my unicorn are going home. Goodbye.I though the purpose of MFP is for people to be able to ask questions, no matter how "stupid" they seem, in an effort to gain knowledge and support, a simple... "Yes, you should log all foods, as none are truly negative calorie." Would work, rather than sarcasm Some people, including myself, are still trying to weed out the "myths" or marketing ploys, from true fact... Thank you for the general support in that - it really is appreciated, when a simple truthful answer is given. :flowerforyou:
^^^ THIS. Why do people feel like they need to come here to make fun of someone rather than nicely giving them the facts?
Anyways, I log my green tea occasionaly and MFP gives me -1 calories for every cup I drink. Most (take that with a grain of salt because I'm sure I'm wrong when I say most) vegetables are under 10 calories for a cup. I don't even count veggies if I'm feeling lazy and eat them at night to satisfy cravings.
Ah I don't think so Mr....we need it's farts and horn dust for magic weight loss.0 -
Negative calorie foods? I never remember seeing that bit from Alice in Wonderland....0
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Negative calories sort of implies that you'd lose weight by eating them. I'd sign up for that! 0
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ok0
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OP, Negative caloric foods are a weight loss myth. They continually receive plausibility from various diet blogs and gurus. However, no scientific evidence will support it. Myths such as this will always get attention because some people are looking for an easy method to loose weight and just can’t mentally grasp that they need to control their caloric intake.
Of course you could be your own experiment: Eat 3000 calories a day of “negative calorie” foods for ten days and record the results, then eat 3000 calories a day of “positive calorie” foods for ten days and let us know what happens.
People keep saying this, but how you you eat 3000 calories of a negative calorie food? 3000 X -1 = -3000
On page one the OP named a list of foods the OP considered to be negative caloric food. It was that list to which I was referring. I am not an authority on English but I believe it is acceptable to use the term "negative calorie" as a noun. Regardless, it should be fairly clear that I was not using the term as part of a mathematical equation.
Why do I hear the sound of Jets flying by?0 -
OP, Negative caloric foods are a weight loss myth. They continually receive plausibility from various diet blogs and gurus. However, no scientific evidence will support it. Myths such as this will always get attention because some people are looking for an easy method to loose weight and just can’t mentally grasp that they need to control their caloric intake.
Of course you could be your own experiment: Eat 3000 calories a day of “negative calorie” foods for ten days and record the results, then eat 3000 calories a day of “positive calorie” foods for ten days and let us know what happens.
People keep saying this, but how you you eat 3000 calories of a negative calorie food? 3000 X -1 = -3000
On page one the OP named a list of foods the OP considered to be negative caloric food. It was that list to which I was referring. I am not an authority on English but I believe it is acceptable to use the term "negative calorie" as a noun. Regardless, it should be fairly clear that I was not using the term as part of a mathematical equation.
Why do I hear the sound of Jets flying by?
Ok then. Pickles = 0 calories. How many of them do I need to eat to reach 3000 calories?0 -
Log everything0
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OP, Negative caloric foods are a weight loss myth. They continually receive plausibility from various diet blogs and gurus. However, no scientific evidence will support it. Myths such as this will always get attention because some people are looking for an easy method to loose weight and just can’t mentally grasp that they need to control their caloric intake.
Of course you could be your own experiment: Eat 3000 calories a day of “negative calorie” foods for ten days and record the results, then eat 3000 calories a day of “positive calorie” foods for ten days and let us know what happens.
People keep saying this, but how you you eat 3000 calories of a negative calorie food? 3000 X -1 = -3000
On page one the OP named a list of foods the OP considered to be negative caloric food. It was that list to which I was referring. I am not an authority on English but I believe it is acceptable to use the term "negative calorie" as a noun. Regardless, it should be fairly clear that I was not using the term as part of a mathematical equation.
Why do I hear the sound of Jets flying by?
Ok then. Pickles = 0 calories. How many of them do I need to eat to reach 3000 calories?
I don’t know why people think pickles are zero calories because they definitely are not. According to the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference 100 grams of dill pickle has 11 kcal. So 3000 calories would be somewhere around 60 pounds. Hey wait a minute, you’re the mathematician; do your own homework.0 -
OP, Negative caloric foods are a weight loss myth. They continually receive plausibility from various diet blogs and gurus. However, no scientific evidence will support it. Myths such as this will always get attention because some people are looking for an easy method to loose weight and just can’t mentally grasp that they need to control their caloric intake.
Of course you could be your own experiment: Eat 3000 calories a day of “negative calorie” foods for ten days and record the results, then eat 3000 calories a day of “positive calorie” foods for ten days and let us know what happens.
People keep saying this, but how you you eat 3000 calories of a negative calorie food? 3000 X -1 = -3000
On page one the OP named a list of foods the OP considered to be negative caloric food. It was that list to which I was referring. I am not an authority on English but I believe it is acceptable to use the term "negative calorie" as a noun. Regardless, it should be fairly clear that I was not using the term as part of a mathematical equation.
Why do I hear the sound of Jets flying by?
Ok then. Pickles = 0 calories. How many of them do I need to eat to reach 3000 calories?
Pickles are NOT 0 cal. Pickling a vegetable doesn't miraculously get rid of the calories. If your jar of pickles says a serve is 0 calories, it is because labelling laws allow them to round down, not because there are no calories in them.
ETA: FDA page on rounding on nutrition labels:
http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm064932.htm
If it has under 5 cals per serve, they are allowed to list it as 0 calories. So a "serve" of pickles, might be 4.9 calories but the jar is allowed to say 0, so a lot of them do.0 -
PLEASE LET PEANUT BUTTER BE ON THIS FOOD LIST! :laugh:0
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Maybe if you froze celery it could be negative calorie, since the body would have to expend energy to heat it up? Plus it would be a lot harder to chew.
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if something is zero or near zero, like a pickel or black coffee, i don't bother logging it
only really care about tracking calories and protein.
My black coffee is 24 calories per 5ml #justsaying0 -
As my grandma used to say: the hen eats a bean and lays a egg.
Everything you eat has calories.0 -
PLEASE LET PEANUT BUTTER BE ON THIS FOOD LIST! :laugh:
Hahahaha...amen to that!0 -
Does everyone include negative calorie foods in there food diary? I've always included them, but I got to thinking this morning that if they're negative calories, should I really be including them? Opinions appreciated.
I've never heard of a negative calorie food personally. I do log the zero calorie food I have such as a diet coke once in a while.
My opinion, yes log everything as you are doing. They all have been assigned a calorie amount for a reason.
Good luck on your journey OP 0 -
OP, Negative caloric foods are a weight loss myth. They continually receive plausibility from various diet blogs and gurus. However, no scientific evidence will support it. Myths such as this will always get attention because some people are looking for an easy method to loose weight and just can’t mentally grasp that they need to control their caloric intake.
Of course you could be your own experiment: Eat 3000 calories a day of “negative calorie” foods for ten days and record the results, then eat 3000 calories a day of “positive calorie” foods for ten days and let us know what happens.
People keep saying this, but how you you eat 3000 calories of a negative calorie food? 3000 X -1 = -3000
On page one the OP named a list of foods the OP considered to be negative caloric food. It was that list to which I was referring. I am not an authority on English but I believe it is acceptable to use the term "negative calorie" as a noun. Regardless, it should be fairly clear that I was not using the term as part of a mathematical equation.
Why do I hear the sound of Jets flying by?
Ok then. Pickles = 0 calories. How many of them do I need to eat to reach 3000 calories?
Pickles are NOT 0 cal. Pickling a vegetable doesn't miraculously get rid of the calories. If your jar of pickles says a serve is 0 calories, it is because labelling laws allow them to round down, not because there are no calories in them.
ETA: FDA page on rounding on nutrition labels:
http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm064932.htm
If it has under 5 cals per serve, they are allowed to list it as 0 calories. So a "serve" of pickles, might be 4.9 calories but the jar is allowed to say 0, so a lot of them do.
Then pickles are not a zero calorie food and we should log them. MFP already accounts for thermatic effects.
What about mustard?0 -
if something is zero or near zero, like a pickel or black coffee, i don't bother logging it
only really care about tracking calories and protein.
My black coffee is 24 calories per 5ml #justsaying
24calories for 5ml?! That seems impossible. Are you taking 5mL (aka. a teaspoon) of the grounds by themselves? But even at that, it should only have 2cal/g, and you can't fit 12g of coffee grounds into a teaspoon.0
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