I heard that there are foods that burn more calories than they contain. Which specific foods are these? How many calories does each of them burn?
2007-05-31 10:03:32 · 11 answers · asked by Danielle 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
lettuce and celery. it takes more calories to chew than what you'll get from eating them. i'm not sure how many each one burns.
2007-05-31 10:06:22 · answer #1 · answered by Jen k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's really no such thing as a negative calorie food. There's 0 calorie food which they are coyly terming as 'negative calorie' to build hype. Examples are lettuce, onions, spinach, garlic, zucchini, green beans, carrots, green cabbage, papayas, radishes, hot chili peppers, celery root/chicory, cauliflower, endives, turnips, tangerines, strawberries, grapefruit, cranberries, apples, beets, asparagus, cucumber, dandelion, garden cress and lemon mango (that i can think off the top of my head). Anything that is 0 calories will automatically take more energy to eat. Even 0 calorie soda is a negative calorie food. And the amount of calories burnt when you're eating a meal? Less than 100. It's all hype. Don't fall into it.
2007-05-31 17:11:21 · answer #2 · answered by Mischele, RN♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You wouldn't want to base a weight loss program on this. All it really means is things like celery and lettuce have virtually no nutritional value, thus you can eat as much of them as you like without worrying about calories. The 'negative' value involved in chewing is so small as to be negligible.
2007-05-31 17:09:45 · answer #3 · answered by silverbullet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Green peppers, cabbage, and celery are some. Type in negative calorie foods in your search engine. You should be able to find a list somewhere.
2007-05-31 17:08:10 · answer #4 · answered by areu4real 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here are 2 lists of so-called "negative calorie" foods. they have calories, but burn more in eating and digesting than they contain.
2007-05-31 17:10:08 · answer #5 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think celery and cucumbers are two of them, but I don't know how many calories they burn.
2007-05-31 17:08:02 · answer #6 · answered by Rahrah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as "negative calorie foods", it is an common Urban Legend.
See the link to 'Snoops' below.
2007-05-31 17:07:22 · answer #7 · answered by wilkes_in_london 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe celery and certain picante sauces are both negative.
2007-05-31 17:05:27 · answer #8 · answered by shaffner 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know celery, sorry thats all I know for sure.
Good luck.
2007-05-31 17:06:18 · answer #9 · answered by miki 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I beleive that cabbage is too, but be careful how you cook it, what you add to it.
2007-05-31 17:06:58 · answer #10 · answered by AnnaS 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋