0 Calorie Foods?
mellenthine2014
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Is there any 0 calorie foods out there besides water? I am thinking for snacking purposes.....
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Nope. Nada. Zero. Zilch.
Goggle miracle noodles. That's the closest you'll get. But you can't eat it without butter, oils or sauce of some kind. If you can, my hat's off to you. 😀3 -
I believe shirataki noodles are totally undigestible, thus zero calories. They will be unpalatable without some kind of flavouring. Having them in a broth would probably be your best bet.1
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Ice cubes
The answer is no. Even if something has zero calories on the label it just means it has less than 5 calories and is not required to list it.
Your best bet is very low calorie vegetables like cucumbers.5 -
No...1
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There is no need for 0 calorie foods (which don't exist). You have a minimum calorie goal of at least 1200 for a day (more if MFP gives it to you). You should try to allocate some calories for snacking, even if it is only 100-200 a day.3
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The closest you'll be able to get for a snack is low-calorie veggies (celery, cucumber, carrot). Maybe you can dip them in some of those Walden Farms "calorie-free" dressings and dips. They are not really zero-calorie, just very low. I have never tried those, but have heard that some are okay but most are disgusting. Some people must like them, though.1
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just_Tomek wrote: »
Zero no........... but there are negative calorie foods, as claimed by others.
Surely you meant to say there are NO negative calorie foods, even if others claim that there are..?!6 -
ok thank you everyone!! I have always done WW and they had 0 point foods which being naive thought it was 0 calories....but when I was entering my celery snd tomatoes I saw there was. I am 45....should know this stuff...explains why I am overweight lol
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There is a very good reason so many WW members end up here. 😉10
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mellenthine2014 wrote: »ok thank you everyone!! I have always done WW and they had 0 point foods which being naive thought it was 0 calories....but when I was entering my celery snd tomatoes I saw there was. I am 45....should know this stuff...explains why I am overweight lol
The important thing is that you didn't stubbornly hold on to your belief and you are willing to learn.
Ask anything else you feel unsure about. I can't promise you will get all good answers because... internet... but you will get mostly good answers here.6 -
Programs like WW and Slimming World offer to their members a plan that is basically built for them, that has factored in calorie counts of the foods that people typically eat and assigned “point” values to them. Both programs offer “free foods” as an incentive to their members to eat more of those lower calorie and sometimes nutrient dense foods as a perk of the program. They also offer “syn” items in allotment to feel like you are earning treats on the program.
When people transition from a program like those to one like MFP where the program is based on full transparency of calories in and calories out along with a dependency on accurate logging... it can seem like more work. A lot of people ask if they need to log fruits and veggies. But those things have calories and being fully aware of how much you’re consuming, even of things that seem like low cal but add up... is one thing that really makes a difference. Once people get used to it, many find they have more flexibility with MFP since no foods are off limits and you can build a day’s intake off of whatever you can fit into your calorie goal, nutritional requirements, hunger/satiety cues and your personal preferences.6 -
There are plenty of foods that are not 0 cals, but close enough for the purposes of just snacking on something. I'd log it if you eat a lot (and I like to log veg, because I look at overall nutrients).
Some examples are a pickle or some celery or radishes. Not 0, but you can certainly snack away without using too many calories.3 -
Everything has calories except water, and they all count.1
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just_Tomek wrote: »just_Tomek wrote: »
Zero no........... but there are negative calorie foods, as claimed by others.
Surely you meant to say there are NO negative calorie foods, even if others claim that there are..?!
Have fun. All coming from various "doctors" so you know it must be right.
https://www.doctoroz.com/gallery/20-negative-calorie-effect-foods-boost-metabolism
The infamous Dr. Neal Barnard, yeah he's a quack. The Forks over Knives doco he did has been thoroughly debunked.4 -
just_Tomek wrote: »mellenthine2014 wrote: »Is there any 0 calorie foods out there besides water? I am thinking for snacking purposes.....
Zero no........... but there are negative calorie foods, as claimed by others.
I realize you were being ironic, but others didn't, so I thought I'd throw this out there:
https://www.aworkoutroutine.com/negative-calorie-foods/3
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