0 Calorie foods
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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.4 -
Alatariel75 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.0 -
This is kind of a philosophical question, isn't it? Is it still "food" if it doesn't have calories?5
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Matcha powder?? (Depending on the brand...)0
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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.1 -
If you feel like you need 0 calorie foods, your deficit is too aggressive, and unsustainable.4
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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.4 -
Tea, water, Diet Coke.
Why?0 -
'See food" has no calories... you know the food you see but don't eat it..0
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Water is the only 0 calorie food.0
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Where is that picture of a plate of ice cubes?0
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grmckenzie wrote: »Here is a list of no calorie foods that I think is pretty accurate. As well as the explanation.
http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/negative-calorie-foods/
(Hint: they don't exist)
Thanks, I was just going to post this, you saved me the trouble.0 -
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.
Nope. That's broscience. Food does not give you a deficit when you eat them.
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Alatariel75 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.
This.1 -
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My brain burned 29 calories while reading this and now I’m hungry4
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Everything but water has calories. Eat low carb vegetables like celery, cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes for low calories.0
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Tacklewasher wrote: »Here is a list of no calorie foods that I think is pretty accurate. As well as the explanation.
http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/negative-calorie-foods/
(Hint: they don't exist)
I loved reading this. THANK YOU! I wish all the stupid non-sensical diet myths would just go away, but then again, I don't think that wrong ideas should be censored. There just needs to be better education. I'm sad for how many people fall for this nonsense.0
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