Issue #33

by Weight Loss International

Free List of Negative Calorie Foods

You eat an excess amount of calories.  You get fat.  We all know that.  But is there really such a thing as foods which make you lose weight?

Today we'll provide you with a free list of negative calorie foods, foods that are supposed to burn up more calories in the process of digesting them than are actually contained in the foods themselves.

Are there really such things as negative calorie foods?

The idea that certain foods could take more energy to digest them than they actually provide in and of themselves certainly took the diet industry by storm.  The notion that you could eat from a list of "wonder foods" and not only not put on weight but help counteract some of the calories contained in the rest of your diet certainly has an instant appeal.

The sad fact is, however, that all foods contain calories.  Some, not that many.  However the body has one thing which actively works against you.  It's the most efficient engine known to man.  The calories delivered by even the lightest foods render many times more energy than is required to digest them.

There is one negative calorie food

To truly use more energy than a food provides, you'd in fact have to be eating cardboard.  100% cellulose.    And seeing that we humans lack the enzymes to break it down (as opposed to cows that can happily live on it), it would render zero calories.  The process of moving the cardboard through the body would take a small but measurable amount of energy.  The result?  A true negative calorie food.  Naturally, it's one we'd never recommend you use.

A free list of negative calorie foods

However, in the interest of completeness, here is a free list of foods which are claimed by some to be negative calorie foods.

List of Negative Calorie Foods

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