Negative calorie foods are foods, which use more calories to digest than the calories food actually contains! Calories from these foods are much harder for the body to use. In other words, the body has to work hard in order to extract calories from these foods. Even though a food may contain equal amount of calories, much less of these calories can possibly turn into fat in negative calorie foods as fewer calories are actually available to the body. This gives these foods a tremendous natural fat-burning advantage.
Consider the facts:
1. A piece of dessert consisting of 400 Calories (actually 400 kilocalories) may only require 150 Calorie (actually 150 kilocalories) to digest by our body, resulting in a net gain of 250 calories which is added to our body fat!
2. On the other hand, a 5 calorie raw piece of celery will require much more calories to chew and digest, so resulting in a net loss of calories from our body fat!! It implies that the more you eat, the more you lose weight!!!
Therefore, these foods are said to be good for achieving weight loss naturally without starving.
How it works?
All foods have a nutrient (carbohydrate, fat, and protein), caloric (calories) and vitamin & mineral content. Vitamins stimulate living tissues to produce enzymes that breakdown the caloric nutrients of that food.
The foods with negative calorie contain sufficient vitamins & minerals that produce enzymes in quantities sufficient to break down not only its own calories, but additional calories from body in digestion as well. This is called "negative calorie effect".
List of Foods Possessing Negative Calorie Effect
These foods will have maximum benefits when eaten without any empty calorie foods (junk foods). There are several foods such as vegetables and fruits that have negative calorie effect. Some of the foods that can be eaten in generous quantities are: Asparagus, Beets, Carrot, Zucchini, Papaya, Strawberry, Raspberry, etc. Look at the list below.
List of Negative calorie Foods
Negative Calorie Vegetables | ||
Asparagus Beet Root Broccoli Cabbage Carrot Cauliflower Celery | Chicory Hot Chili Cucumber Garden cress Garlic Green Beans | Lettuce Onion Radish Spinach Turnip Zucchini |
Negative Calorie Fruits | ||
Apple Blueberries Cantaloupe Cranberry Grapefruit | Honeydew Lemon/Lime Mango Orange Papaya Peach | Pineapple Raspberry Strawberry Tomato Tangerine Turnip Watermelon |
Article By: Padma Mehta and Prakash Mehta (www.fatfreekitchen.com)
