Negative Calorie Diet plans

The concept of a food with negative calories seems like a joke. Many fad diets are about foods with 'magical' properties, and many offer only very temporary weight loss solutions - and who can maintain a monotonous diet of only one or two foods?

There are no foods with a negative calorie value. However it can be possible to obtain a 'negative' calorie effect.

Negative calorie foods?

Fibrous complex carbohydrates are generally good for us. The American Heart Association recommends that 55% of our daily calories should come from complex carbohydrates. Fiber (in the correct amounts) is good for the digestive process, helping food to be processed and eliminated efficiently (it keeps us running smoothly!) - and can prevent gastro-intestinal ailments.

What is a fibrous complex carbohydrate? Green vegetables.

Green vegetables are low in calories. You can eat a lot of them without getting fat - yet at the same time the fibrous content can 'fill you up'. There are some green vegetables in particular that are very low in calories. Every food requires some energy in order to digest it (called the thermic effect of food). Some green vegetables actually have most of their calories burnt up just to digest them. This is the "negative calorie" process.

However, the negative calorie diets are really just low calorie diets in disguise.

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For more about the Negative Calorie process for weight loss - have a look at this Negative Calorie Diet Plan. However - be warned that there is no 'magical' negative calorie diet - you are better off looking at a genuine ebook about real fat loss - such as Tom Venuto's Burn The Fat (see our review).

Last updated 10 Jan 05