What are Negative Calorie Foods?

All calories are not the same. For example, a single potato chip or French Fry provides about 70 calories. A large apple provides the same number of calories. However, the effects of both foods are different on your body. They both contain the same number of calories, but which is more filling? You would have little difficulty in eating 10-20 potato chips. After that you can still eat a full meal and there would be little difficulty in eating a few more chips. But can you eat 10-20 apples? NO, because you feel full after you eat a few apples.

The effect of eating so many potato chips would be adding fat to your body because they contain too much fat for frying (note that potatoes themselves are not fattening!), and it takes about zero energy for your body to turn this fat into body fat. On the other hand, the apple will be doing much more good to your body than you think. Your body has to work hard in order to extract calories from it. Simply the number of calories does not tell you just how fattening that food is likely to be.

The body has to work hard in order to extract calories from certain foods. Even though foods may contain an equal number of calories, much less of these calories can possibly turn into fat in fat burning foods (negative calorie food), thus fewer calories can are actually available to the body. This gives these foods a tremendous natural fat-burning advantage.

Example: If you eat 100 calories of food that requires 150 calories to digest, then you have burned an additional 50 calories simply by eating that food! Typically, a 25 calorie piece of broccoli requires 80 calories to digest into the body, resulting in a net loss of 55 calories from body fat. Processing such foods through the digestive system consumes more calories that the actual calorie content of the food itself. Thus, the more you eat the more you lose weight!!!!!

Listed on the next page are important foods that have negative calorie effects. Take a careful look at the foods and formulate the best way to add them to your diet. You should feel free to eat them in very generous portions without frying and with no butter, margarine or fatty toppings. You will be surprised how your diet, metabolism and figure will improve.

Negative Calorie Foods

Apples (unpeeled)

Coriander

Kale

Pineapple

Dried Apricots

Chickpeas – Garbanzo

Kidney Beans

Pomegranites

Fresh Apricots

Bottle Gourd, Loki

Kiwi Fruit

Prunes

Artichokes

Chili Green

Kohlrabi

Pumpkin

Asparagus

Red Chili

Lettuce

Quince

Bamboo Shoots

Cloves

Lentils Mung Beans

Radishes

Basil

Chickory

Lemon, Lime

Raspberries

Green Beans

Chives

Mango

Rhubarb

Beets

Corn

Mint

Sage

Green Beets

Cranberries

Mushrooms

Sauerkraut

Bitter Melon Bitter

Cucumber

Mustard Greens

Savory

Gourd

Dandelion

Mustard Seeds

Spinach

Blackberries

Dill

Nectarines

Squash

Black Eyed Peas

Endive

Okra

Sweet Potato

Broccoli

Garden Cress

Onion

Strawberries

Brussel Sprouts

Gram Black Chana

Orange

Tangerines

Cabbage

Garlic

Oregano

Thyme

Carrots

Grapes

Papaya

Tomato

Cantaloupe

Grapefruit

Parsley

Turnips

Cauliflour

Guava

Parsnip

Watercress

Celery

Green Onions

Peaches

Watermelon

Cherries

Green Peppers

Pears

Zucchini

Cilantro

Horseradish

Green Peas

Yams