Do 'negative' calorie foods exist?

Relaxingmind
Relaxingmind Posts: 55 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Not negative calorie as in they have no calories at all but negative as in it takes more energy or uses more calories to digest them than they contain per serving. Kind of like a 3-5= -2 concept. I've heard the body burns calories digesting food but idk how much.
«1

Replies

  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Nope. The calories spent digesting food are fairly minimal compared to everything else you burn in a day.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    Ice water.

    Since when was water food?
  • leanjogreen18
    leanjogreen18 Posts: 2,492 Member
    trigden1991 wrote: »
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    Ice water.

    Since when was water food?

    Definition - any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink, or that plants absorb, in order to maintain life and growth.

    Water can absorb minerals so you get minerals when you drink.

    Does this count? :)
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    Ice water.

    I was going to say ice cubes.
  • 150poundsofme
    150poundsofme Posts: 523 Member
    i heard celery fits the bill.
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    150poundsofme wrote: »
    i heard celery fits the bill.

    There is a lot of misinformation out there. It's hard to sort through all the bunk.
  • 150poundsofme
    150poundsofme Posts: 523 Member
    Save the unicorn; becoming extinct, only 1 left in the world.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    trigden1991 wrote: »
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    Ice water.

    Since when was water food?

    I was being facetious. :p
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    No such thing as negative calorie foods.

    bwogilvie explained TEF above, it's a percentage of the food which cannot be greater than the actual caloric content of the food itself.
  • LAWoman72
    LAWoman72 Posts: 2,846 Member
    rennickm1986 wrote: »
    How about celery soaked in ipecac and wrapped in tape worms? That should do the trick.

    Stop it. You guys are making me hungry.
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    LAWoman72 wrote: »
    rennickm1986 wrote: »
    How about celery soaked in ipecac and wrapped in tape worms? That should do the trick.

    Stop it. You guys are making me hungry.

    Those tape worms sound delicious.

    Seriously though, don't do that (anyone, not you specifically).
  • Crateria_
    Crateria_ Posts: 253 Member
    Haha, my coworker was insisting I try "negative calorie foods" today instead of exercising... :D
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    Crateria_ wrote: »
    Haha, my coworker was insisting I try "negative calorie foods" today instead of exercising... :D

    Did you get a list? I'd love to see it! (for giggles)
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,961 Member
    TEF is a given and people spout this information tend not to know what TEF is.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
    9285851.png
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    No. There are zero-ish calorie foods, like pickles and mustard, but there are no negative calorie foods. Ice is the closest thing I can think of.
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    I wish! Since the so-called negative calorie foods are foods I actually love, I'd be super-model thin!
  • rennickm1986
    rennickm1986 Posts: 70 Member
    Person above brought up a good point. You could just eat a bottle of mustard. I bet that'd net to 0 calories. Delicious.
  • leanjogreen18
    leanjogreen18 Posts: 2,492 Member
    If it's under 5 calories manufacturers are allowed to say it has zero.
  • scrapbookingtm
    scrapbookingtm Posts: 1,916 Member
    exactly. A cup of mustard is 165 calories and a container of pickles is 245 calories. They only say 0 because of the small amount of a "serving"
  • cbstewart88
    cbstewart88 Posts: 453 Member
    I know it is technically not a food - but how about gum? Especially the way I chew it (pretty intensely and probably not too attractively) - I'm fairly sure I'm burning some calories - LOL.
  • Julia_yulia
    Julia_yulia Posts: 38 Member
    cbstewart88 wrote: »
    I know it is technically not a food - but how about gum? Especially the way I chew it (pretty intensely and probably not too attractively) - I'm fairly sure I'm burning some calories - LOL.
    Maybe if it was sugar free lol :D
  • leanjogreen18
    leanjogreen18 Posts: 2,492 Member
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    cbstewart88 wrote: »
    I know it is technically not a food - but how about gum? Especially the way I chew it (pretty intensely and probably not too attractively) - I'm fairly sure I'm burning some calories - LOL.

    But do you log it as exercise calories?

    I'm sure my friends would disown me:

    Nutmegoreo burned 5 calories -including gum chewing, vigorous

    Hahaha!
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    edited November 2016
    150poundsofme wrote: »
    i heard celery fits the bill.

    Okay - let's say this is true. Suppose you ate 1 cup of chopped celery for 16 calories. But (let's say) it took your body 26 calories to digest that celery. That would be a net of 10 calories!

    3,500 / 10 - 350. Wow - I only have to eat 350 cups of celery to lose 1 pound. :s

    This nonsense is just a headline grabber for selling magazines. Eat food you like. Eat food that is satiating. Don't eat food because it may net you 10 calories.

Categories