Negative Calorie Diet
Some foods make your body burn more calories, leaving you with a negative balance.
BACKGROUND
Can you really get a positive from a negative? More specifically, is there such a thing as negative calorie foods? The Negative Calorie Diet is centered on the idea that certain foods create a negative calorie effect. What happens is that certain foods require your body to burn more calories than the food actually has itself. This isn't an approach without debate. Critics spurn the idea of foods being called "negative calorie" and that there is a need for positive caloric foods for your body's energy needs. They also say, rightly, that there is no scientific evidence to back most of these assertions.
PRO
- The Negative Calorie Diet promotes consumption of vitamin- and nutrient-rich foods
CON
- The Negative Calorie Diet is more a theory than one focused plan with one particular website or "inventor" backing it
- It lacks scientific support
FOOD and RECIPES
You will concentrate on plant-based foods such as celery, green cabbage, asparagus, watermelon, pineapple, grape fruit, and papaya.
EXERCISE
The book, Foods That Cause You to Lose Weight: The Negative Calorie Effect by Neil Barnard talks about some of the benefits of exercise, including appetite control, but mostly centers around the diet.
EXPENSE
This is more of a general theory than one specific diet. There is an eBook available for $24.97. If you prefer a traditional book, there's the aforementioned Foods That Cause You to Lose Weight.
CONCLUSION
Foods that are high in fiber are a very important part of a healthy diet. But that doesn't mean you need to exclude other nutrient-rich foods. It doesn't look favorably at meat-eating, which in moderation is perfectly fine. In general, it seems a bit too restrictive to be recommended above other much more open-minded diet routines.
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