Negative calorie foods

A negative-calorie food would be a food that required more food energy to be digested than it provided. That is, its thermic effect – the caloric "cost" of digesting the food – would be 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 supporting the idea that any food is a negative-calorie food.

Negative calorie vegetables: Aubergine, Asparagus, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Chicory, Cress, Cucumber, Fennel, Gourd, Leek, Lettuce, Marrow,Peppers, Radish, Spinach,Tomato, Turnip, etc.
Negative calorie fruits: Apricot, Blackberry Blackcurrant, Clementines, Damsons, Grapefruit, Guava, Honeydew Melon, Lemon, Mandarin orange, Melon Cantaloupe, Peaches, Plums, Raspberry, Rhubarb, Strawberry, Tangerine, Watermelon

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:

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.

WTF is a negative calorie food? I want it.

Of course, it ensures that I get plenty of iron in my diet.

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.

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.

Agree. Yes you bunch of negative Nancy's. I can't stand it anymore. Me and my unicorn are going home. Goodbye.

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?

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?

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.