The Negative Calorie Myth
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Before I even broach the topic, I think an explanation of negative calories is
merited: it is any food that requires more energy to be digested than it
provides.
Now let us label this mystical ‘chow’ as X . What is X ? ?
Let’s give an example to demystify X . X is a food that contains 100 calories of
energy but takes 200 calories to digest. This basically means you can eat as
much X as you want and still lose weight. Sounds too good to be true? Well it
kind of is.
My search through countless volumes of information and internet portals
reveals that such a food is as real as Hogwarts. The reason this concept is
flawed is that most foods require almost no energy to digest. Let’s take celery
for example; a stalk of celery provides 6 kcal of energy and needs only 0.5 kcal
of energy to be digested. An excess of 1000%!
Br occol i
A ll requiring much less calories to digest than the energy they provide.
But these foods may actually cause weight loss by giving less energy per
volume of the food compared to other foods like pastry, cake or even rice. But
isn’t that obvious??
App les vs Egg
puf f s Cel e r y vs
Cake
Anyway, I decided to pool my entire medical prowess and give you a true
negative calorie food. But before you decide on starting any type of diet, I would
suggest you to speak to your dietician or talk to a doctor online and find out
whether these particular foods are suitable for your health or not.
1 . Ispa ghu l a – This is husk that can just bloat your stomach and make you
feel full and give you zero calories. It is literally not absorbable by the gut.
2 . Col d wa te r – This is good too. Cold water will need to be warmed and
will cause you to lose weight. Also water has no calories so that is an
added benefit.
So there you have it folks. Enjoy yourself with your negative burning!!
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