Negative calorie foods

giammarcor
giammarcor Posts: 217 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
This might be old news to a lot of you but I just stumbled across this and figured it was at least worthwhile for us that are new to the site. I can vouch for how accurate or how true the statements are, but it does appear all over the internet on a number of different sites, so perhaps there's some validity to it.

This is a list of negative calorie foods. That means that when you eat these foods raw or in some cases slightly cooked with nothing on them your body burns more calories digesting and processing them than what is in the actual food itself.

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

Replies

  • DrMan
    DrMan Posts: 86
    Thanks for the reminder...eat more fruits and vegies
  • Fleur933
    Fleur933 Posts: 156 Member
    I'd heard this before about celery...but never soo many foods before. Though I have to admit I've always thought of ALL raw fruits and veggies as 'free' foods. You can/should eat as much of them as often as you like.....I suppose you wouldn't want to go insane and eat a whole bushel of cherries...but I think you understand what I mean.
  • MZNIKKIBOO
    MZNIKKIBOO Posts: 190
    bump -- cool
  • JulieSue
    JulieSue Posts: 242 Member
    no i needed this reminder!! thanks so much!!!
  • skylar1907
    skylar1907 Posts: 156
    while i agree these foods are important to eat & they have value to our dietary systems...

    http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1896439_1896359_1896346,00.html
  • mapexdrummer69
    mapexdrummer69 Posts: 445
    This information is false and dangerous. You cannot eat the above foods in unlimited amounts and not gain weight. All foods contain calories, therefore they aren't "free" in the sense that they won't affect weight gain or weight loss.
  • Drunkadelic
    Drunkadelic Posts: 948 Member
    This information is false and dangerous. You cannot eat the above foods in unlimited amounts and not gain weight.

    I could not agree with this more.
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    This information is false and dangerous. You cannot eat the above foods in unlimited amounts and not gain weight.

    I third this. I know celery belongs on this list, but apples certainly do not. A small apple has at least 50 calories and takes less than 5 minutes to eat. You are not going to burn 50+ calories sitting on your butt and chewing for 5 minutes. It takes me 15 minutes of walking at 3.5 MPH to burn that many calories.
  • Ashalahn_LMT
    Ashalahn_LMT Posts: 342 Member
    This information is false and dangerous. You cannot eat the above foods in unlimited amounts and not gain weight. All foods contain calories, therefore they aren't "free" in the sense that they won't affect weight gain or weight loss.

    Agree. Negative calorie foods are a myth.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    pineapples (an others) are full of sugar, I am sure they contain more calories than you burn while digesting.
    Log all your food people, every calories adds up, and digestion is factored in to your daily caloric intake, for calories burned from normal daily activity.
  • CassieLEO
    CassieLEO Posts: 757 Member
    This information is false and dangerous. You cannot eat the above foods in unlimited amounts and not gain weight.

    I could not agree with this more.

    Me too! I spoke to a Registered Dietitian about this and she said the same thing. This is all hocus pocus and NOT true....
  • giammarcor
    giammarcor Posts: 217 Member
    This information is false and dangerous. You cannot eat the above foods in unlimited amounts and not gain weight. All foods contain calories, therefore they aren't "free" in the sense that they won't affect weight gain or weight loss.

    Well, like I said, I can't vouch for the validity of this information...oh wait, I made a typo and said I can vouch for it. I'm not a dietician or a doctor, I just stumbled across this info on the internet and thought I'd pass it on. Thanks for setting the record straight.
  • nanjane50
    nanjane50 Posts: 11
    Negative calories works for me!!...thank you

    P.S. I thought papaya was a fruit?....but then again tomatoes are a fruit..lol
  • nanjane50
    nanjane50 Posts: 11
    um...everything in moderation for sure...that's just common sense...
  • mapexdrummer69
    mapexdrummer69 Posts: 445
    This information is false and dangerous. You cannot eat the above foods in unlimited amounts and not gain weight. All foods contain calories, therefore they aren't "free" in the sense that they won't affect weight gain or weight loss.

    Well, like I said, I can't vouch for the validity of this information...oh wait, I made a typo and said I can vouch for it. I'm not a dietician or a doctor, I just stumbled across this info on the internet and thought I'd pass it on. Thanks for setting the record straight.

    No problem buddy. I wasn't harping on you at all, just the information.
  • exacerbe
    exacerbe Posts: 447 Member
    What about candy bars and cheeseburgers?
  • chuisle
    chuisle Posts: 1,052 Member
    I'd heard this before about celery...but never soo many foods before. Though I have to admit I've always thought of ALL raw fruits and veggies as 'free' foods. You can/should eat as much of them as often as you like.....I suppose you wouldn't want to go insane and eat a whole bushel of cherries...but I think you understand what I mean.

    Oops! Edit: Just saw that other posters don't believe it either. Nevermind, agree!
  • ImperfektAngel
    ImperfektAngel Posts: 811 Member
    What about candy bars and cheeseburgers?

    if only those were negative calories! lol
  • exacerbe
    exacerbe Posts: 447 Member
    exactly =)
  • TK421NotAtPost
    TK421NotAtPost Posts: 512 Member
    Coffee, black... I drink about 6-8 cups of it per day.
  • freerange
    freerange Posts: 1,722 Member
    Big'ole pile of BS, there is no such thing. They are all good foods you should eat, but these are not even close to being - cal foods. Protein has a higher thermic effect than carbs and would be much closer to a -cal food if there was any such thing.
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