0 Calorie foods

amandahurm27
amandahurm27 Posts: 6 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I was wondering what foods have no calories.
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  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    No food that I am aware of. water
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    all food has calories...even no calorie gum has calories...

    If you are talking about food that is really low you might burn off the calories by chewing it...not sure as I have never thought to look up calories burned chewing.
  • b3achy
    b3achy Posts: 2,129 Member
    edited October 2016
    Here's a decent list of low calorie food from WebMD -
    http://www.webmd.com/diet/obesity/features/get-something-for-nothing-25-nearly-calorie-free-foods

    There are other low calorie lists out there that include more items. Just google it.

    Most foods that say they are zero calories have negligible calories (like spices or gum) or are foods that your body doesn't digest well (like the Shirataki Noodles).
  • kandell
    kandell Posts: 473 Member
    Companies are legally permitted to label foods as 0 calorie if there is less than 5 calories per serving. But EVERY food has calories.
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    waterweight130 wrote: »
    Pickles

    My pickles I buy are 30 calories a serving and I usually have 3 or 4 servings.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    edited October 2016
    Non-foods.
  • PhedraJD
    PhedraJD Posts: 1,392 Member
    If you google negative calorie foods you will find a list of foods that take more calories to digest them than they contain. So technically they aren't no calorie, they just give you a deficit when you eat them. Celery is the only one I remember off hand.
  • kidrow21
    kidrow21 Posts: 67 Member
    Water! Has zero calories.
  • RaeBeeBaby
    RaeBeeBaby Posts: 4,246 Member
    Nope, there are no zero calorie foods. Low, low calorie foods that I eat frequently include lettuce and all kinds of greens (spinach, kale, arugula), mushrooms, celery, and strawberries (4 calories per berry).
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    jdelaroy wrote: »
    If you google negative calorie foods you will find a list of foods that take more calories to digest them than they contain. So technically they aren't no calorie, they just give you a deficit when you eat them. Celery is the only one I remember off hand.

    The problem with these "negative calorie" food lists is, many items are in NO WAY negative calories.....fruit (?)....I don't think so.

    No way would I "lose weight" eating endless cups of cucumbers. This is just hype.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    Noel_57 wrote: »
    A photo of a pizza has zero calories. And some fiber. :|

    :laugh:
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,341 Member
    jdelaroy wrote: »
    If you google negative calorie foods you will find a list of foods that take more calories to digest them than they contain. So technically they aren't no calorie, they just give you a deficit when you eat them. Celery is the only one I remember off hand.

    This is a complete myth. Those lists are lies and defy logic.
  • aliem
    aliem Posts: 326 Member
    To build on the topic, the reason why some of these foods have been termed "zero calorie foods" is because most of them are calculated by including the calories for both the digestion process and the calories you burn for simply existing (i.e. breathing, pumping blood throughout your body, etc.) These are calories you would burn without eating the "zero calorie food" so it is a bit misleading to count them. That said, pretty much all of the items on the "zero calorie food" list are mostly water and would fill you up pretty quickly. Since there is little sustenance provided from these foods, you probably will not stay full for very long. However, it would be really hard to put on (or maintain) weight by just eating these foods. Unless you really love celery and can consume the 125 cups of it needed to equal 2000 calories!
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,341 Member
    aliem wrote: »
    To build on the topic, the reason why some of these foods have been termed "zero calorie foods" is because most of them are calculated by including the calories for both the digestion process and the calories you burn for simply existing (i.e. breathing, pumping blood throughout your body, etc.) These are calories you would burn without eating the "zero calorie food" so it is a bit misleading to count them. That said, pretty much all of the items on the "zero calorie food" list are mostly water and would fill you up pretty quickly. Since there is little sustenance provided from these foods, you probably will not stay full for very long. However, it would be really hard to put on (or maintain) weight by just eating these foods. Unless you really love celery and can consume the 125 cups of it needed to equal 2000 calories!

    The thing is, even taking those calorie burns into account, you still don't burn nearly enough calories while digesting them to cancel out the calories from the food.
  • aliem
    aliem Posts: 326 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    aliem wrote: »
    To build on the topic, the reason why some of these foods have been termed "zero calorie foods" is because most of them are calculated by including the calories for both the digestion process and the calories you burn for simply existing (i.e. breathing, pumping blood throughout your body, etc.) These are calories you would burn without eating the "zero calorie food" so it is a bit misleading to count them. That said, pretty much all of the items on the "zero calorie food" list are mostly water and would fill you up pretty quickly. Since there is little sustenance provided from these foods, you probably will not stay full for very long. However, it would be really hard to put on (or maintain) weight by just eating these foods. Unless you really love celery and can consume the 125 cups of it needed to equal 2000 calories!

    The thing is, even taking those calorie burns into account, you still don't burn nearly enough calories while digesting them to cancel out the calories from the food.

    Which is why I said that they also add in the calories you burn for just existing (your BMR). Mine is about 1300 as a 5'2'' female, which is about 1 calorie a minute. So unless a piece of celery takes less than 5 minutes to digest, I don't see how my statement was incorrect.
  • mjvalenti7
    mjvalenti7 Posts: 15 Member
    Matcha powder?? (Depending on the brand...)
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Jruzer wrote: »
    This is kind of a philosophical question, isn't it? Is it still "food" if it doesn't have calories?

    Deep....
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    edited October 2016
    amandahurm27 wrote: »
    I was wondering what foods have no calories.

    None.
    There are very low calorie foods but they all have some calories.
    You are going to be looking at natural vegetables for these very low calorie foods.
  • Athena98501
    Athena98501 Posts: 716 Member
    If you feel like you need 0 calorie foods, your deficit is too aggressive, and unsustainable.
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    edited October 2016
    Jruzer wrote: »
    This is kind of a philosophical question, isn't it? Is it still "food" if it doesn't have calories?

    Good point. Also if people think that they are going to get any sort of satiation or feeling of fullness from foods that have zero calories they may as well just chew gum and drink water. Will get that feeling of their mouth moving up and down while occupying their stomach with a substance.

    Food that has no calories (if that is even a thing) = waste of time and money in my opinion.
  • courtneyfabulous
    courtneyfabulous Posts: 1,863 Member
    Tea, water, Diet Coke.

    Why?
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    'See food" has no calories... you know the food you see but don't eat it..

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