How Negative Calorie Diet Foods Can Help Your Diet
If you find the idea of negative calorie foods attractive (and let's face it, most of us like the idea of something for nothing!) then you should investigate adding some of these foods to your diet on a regular basis:
* Apples
* Asparagus
* Beets
* Blueberries
* Broccoli
* Cantaloupes
* Carrot
* Cauliflower
* Celery stalk
* Celery root
* Cranberries
* Cucumbers
* Eggplant
* Endives
* Garden cress
* Garlic
* Grapefruit
* Green beans
* Green cabbage
* Lemons
* Lettuce
* Onions
* Papayas
* Pineapples
* Prunes
* Radishes
* Raspberries
* Spinach
* Strawberries
* Tangerines
* Tomatoes
* Turnips
* Zucchini
There are also some foods which, whilst not being strictly negative in calories, the body finds hard to digest. Typically these are high in fiber, so dig out your old fiber charts and feel free to add some of those foods in moderation as well.
With a bit of imagination, you can start designing your own negative or very low calorie sides and desserts. Carrots, cabbage and onion provide a good start for a coleslaw. Mix in some low calorie yogurt instead of lashings of mayonnaise and sprinkle on some pepper and other spices to give the food some extra taste.
Unless you're following the advice of your doctor or other professional, it's best not to spend too long eating purely foods that provide negative calories. You won't get the balance of nutrients that your body needs and there's a very high risk that any weight you lose will be in the form of muscle loss rather than fat. Instead, consider opting for an occasional negative calorie meal, maybe once a week or on those occasions where you'd be tempted to skip a meal completely.
Incidentally, you should never ignore the signals sent out by your body. If you get a signal that your body is hungry, follow it and have something to eat. If you don't, you run the risk that your body will take the lack of food as a signal that it needs to conserve energy and your weight loss attempts will be thwarted completely.
It's far better to eat when you feel hungry and then stop as soon as your stomach starts to feel full. At first, you may need to eat slower than normal to allow these oft-ignored signals to be noticed. But after a while you'll find yourself naturally stopping eating at the first sign of feeling satiated.
* Apples
* Asparagus
* Beets
* Blueberries
* Broccoli
* Cantaloupes
* Carrot
* Cauliflower
* Celery stalk
* Celery root
* Cranberries
* Cucumbers
* Eggplant
* Endives
* Garden cress
* Garlic
* Grapefruit
* Green beans
* Green cabbage
* Lemons
* Lettuce
* Onions
* Papayas
* Pineapples
* Prunes
* Radishes
* Raspberries
* Spinach
* Strawberries
* Tangerines
* Tomatoes
* Turnips
* Zucchini
There are also some foods which, whilst not being strictly negative in calories, the body finds hard to digest. Typically these are high in fiber, so dig out your old fiber charts and feel free to add some of those foods in moderation as well.
With a bit of imagination, you can start designing your own negative or very low calorie sides and desserts. Carrots, cabbage and onion provide a good start for a coleslaw. Mix in some low calorie yogurt instead of lashings of mayonnaise and sprinkle on some pepper and other spices to give the food some extra taste.
Unless you're following the advice of your doctor or other professional, it's best not to spend too long eating purely foods that provide negative calories. You won't get the balance of nutrients that your body needs and there's a very high risk that any weight you lose will be in the form of muscle loss rather than fat. Instead, consider opting for an occasional negative calorie meal, maybe once a week or on those occasions where you'd be tempted to skip a meal completely.
Incidentally, you should never ignore the signals sent out by your body. If you get a signal that your body is hungry, follow it and have something to eat. If you don't, you run the risk that your body will take the lack of food as a signal that it needs to conserve energy and your weight loss attempts will be thwarted completely.
It's far better to eat when you feel hungry and then stop as soon as your stomach starts to feel full. At first, you may need to eat slower than normal to allow these oft-ignored signals to be noticed. But after a while you'll find yourself naturally stopping eating at the first sign of feeling satiated.