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Thu, Aug-18-05, 16:19
(I've highlighted the list of negative calorie foods in case you don't want to read the whole article)
http://www.womens-health-questions.com/negative-calorie-foods.html
Negative Calorie Foods and
the Negative Calorie Diet
Negative Calorie Foods are a group of fruits and vegetables that have become known as the negative calorie diet.
Here we will talk about the foods and give our review of the diet.
The foods on this negative calorie list are said to have the "negative calorie effect." The idea is that it takes more energy to digest these foods than the foods provide to the body, so you burn off some calories just by eating.
On one hand, we are open-minded and would love to be able to lose weight by eating. However we have yet to see scientific studies, nutrition facts or mediacl proof of these negative calorie foods claims. On the other hand, there is plenty of science to support the fact that a raw food diet of fruits and vegetable will help you lose weight.
So we do feel that eating more of these foods in your daily diet will help people to lose weight.
We know that our bodies do use up energy in digesting food. In fact, it is believed that about ten percent of the calories from a meal are burned up while your body digests and processes the foods. That still leaves you with ninety percent of the calories.
There is no medical proof yet to the theory that some foods take so much more energy to digest than there is present in the food itself that they actually burn up over 100% and not only do not contribute to your calorie total but instead cause you to burn some stored calories.
However when you eat raw vegetarian foods instead of processed fatty foods, you certainly do ingest fewer calories, and your body also burns up more calories in digestion. You feel more full and satisfied. Your body gets the vitamins and minerals it wants so you may not feel so many cravings.
So you are way ahead and you can lose weight. Do you burn up more calories than you ate? That is yet for scientists to prove. We recommend eating a lot more fruits and vegetables with every meal instead of other less slimming foods, and taking more walks to help burn calories.
A vegetarian diet was the subject of a weightloss study at University of California at San Francisco. Dr. Dean Ornish, M.D. helped a group of people lose an average of 20 pounds each. They did it without limiting their calories in other ways or following any special exercise programs.
These nutrition facts demonstrate that fruit and vegetable diets can indeed help you lose weight.
Your personal metabolism will make a big difference also. If you eat this diet and go for a long walk after each meal you can certainly be in the negative calorie club.
Someday scientists will tell us more about negative calorie foods. In the meantime, go ahead and eat all you want of fresh fruits and vegetables, in place of processed starches and fatty meats.
People want to lose weight by eating. It is known to advertising agencies. That is the appeal of this diet.
The good news is, if you eat raw foods, such as raw uncooked vegetables and fresh raw fruit, you will lose weight. It may or may not be a "negative calorie effect"
Years ago Jack Lalane and Mr. Bragg called this the "raw foods" diet. It worked for them and it can work for you.
A doctor named Lindlahr actually made a list of foods that are now touted as negative calorie foods. Back in 1929, Dr. Lindlahr noted that these foods seemed to help increase the metabolism, help with fat loss, and detoxify the body.
Negative calorie foods:
Which foods exactly are these "negative calorie foods" that are hoped to require more calories for your body to digest and process than are actually in foods themselves?
Part of the usefulness of these foods is the fact that eating them causes healthy enzymes to be released in the stomach. Enzymes aid digestion and help your body be healthy in a number of ways. Enzymes break down foods and help increase your metabolism rate.
If you read the ingredients on a bottle of meat tenderizer powder you'll see it is made out of either papaya or pineapple. The enzyme from pineapple is called bromelain and there are several medical studies on its use in health protocols. See our medical reference page.
Here are a few of the foods on this negative calorie foods list.
Foods that stimulate more enzyme action than most others:
Papaya Pineapple Grape Fruit Asparagus Watermelon
FRUITS on the negative calorie list
Apples Blueberry Cantaloupe Cranberry Grape Fruit Honey Dew Melons Lemons Mango Limes Oranges Peaches Pineapple Raspberries Strawberries Tangerines Watermelon
VEGETABLES on the negative calorie foods list
Asparagus Beets Broccoli Green Cabbage Carrot Cauliflower Celery Chicory Chili Peppers Cucumber Dandelion Endive Garden Cress Garlic Green Beans Lettuce Onion Radishes Spinach Turnip Zucchini
Now for some negative calorie recipes, free.
You can add negative calorie foods to other foods, to make the meal more balanced. Add a mixed salad to every meal. Toss in half of the items on the negative calorie list. Just leave off the creamy high-fat dressing. Use a raspberry vinaigrette or something light like that.
One way to get enzyme action working on the foods you eat is to add pineapple to the recipe. For example, when we have a skinless chicken breast sandwich, we add a slice of pineapple. We spray the chicken with Bragg liquid amino acids for a teriyaki-like flavor. Add lettuce, cucumber slices and onion, and you have a lot of negative calorie foods and enzymes helping your body to digest the sandwich.
Our kids love pizza. We would rather that they didn't eat sausage and salami. So we order the pizza with lean Canadian bacon and pineapple. It is now their favorite. Not a health food by any means, but the lean meat and the pineapple make it a far better choice. The meat is low in fat. The pineapple is on the negative calorie foods list and it adds enzymes to the digestive process.
We are not strict vegetarians. We enjoy chicken and lean beef, etc. It is a personal choice. If you give up all meat you may be low in the B vitamins so take a vitamin supplement.
No matter what your eating plan may be, negative calorie foods or not, take a balanced daily multi-vitamin and mineral supplement.
To learn more about the negative calorie foods, click here to see the Negative Calorie Diet Book
The diet book is excellent and offers much more information than we can put on one web page. Many people say this diet changed their lives.
http://www.womens-health-questions.com/negative-calorie-foods.html
Negative Calorie Foods and
the Negative Calorie Diet
Negative Calorie Foods are a group of fruits and vegetables that have become known as the negative calorie diet.
Here we will talk about the foods and give our review of the diet.
The foods on this negative calorie list are said to have the "negative calorie effect." The idea is that it takes more energy to digest these foods than the foods provide to the body, so you burn off some calories just by eating.
On one hand, we are open-minded and would love to be able to lose weight by eating. However we have yet to see scientific studies, nutrition facts or mediacl proof of these negative calorie foods claims. On the other hand, there is plenty of science to support the fact that a raw food diet of fruits and vegetable will help you lose weight.
So we do feel that eating more of these foods in your daily diet will help people to lose weight.
We know that our bodies do use up energy in digesting food. In fact, it is believed that about ten percent of the calories from a meal are burned up while your body digests and processes the foods. That still leaves you with ninety percent of the calories.
There is no medical proof yet to the theory that some foods take so much more energy to digest than there is present in the food itself that they actually burn up over 100% and not only do not contribute to your calorie total but instead cause you to burn some stored calories.
However when you eat raw vegetarian foods instead of processed fatty foods, you certainly do ingest fewer calories, and your body also burns up more calories in digestion. You feel more full and satisfied. Your body gets the vitamins and minerals it wants so you may not feel so many cravings.
So you are way ahead and you can lose weight. Do you burn up more calories than you ate? That is yet for scientists to prove. We recommend eating a lot more fruits and vegetables with every meal instead of other less slimming foods, and taking more walks to help burn calories.
A vegetarian diet was the subject of a weightloss study at University of California at San Francisco. Dr. Dean Ornish, M.D. helped a group of people lose an average of 20 pounds each. They did it without limiting their calories in other ways or following any special exercise programs.
These nutrition facts demonstrate that fruit and vegetable diets can indeed help you lose weight.
Your personal metabolism will make a big difference also. If you eat this diet and go for a long walk after each meal you can certainly be in the negative calorie club.
Someday scientists will tell us more about negative calorie foods. In the meantime, go ahead and eat all you want of fresh fruits and vegetables, in place of processed starches and fatty meats.
People want to lose weight by eating. It is known to advertising agencies. That is the appeal of this diet.
The good news is, if you eat raw foods, such as raw uncooked vegetables and fresh raw fruit, you will lose weight. It may or may not be a "negative calorie effect"
Years ago Jack Lalane and Mr. Bragg called this the "raw foods" diet. It worked for them and it can work for you.
A doctor named Lindlahr actually made a list of foods that are now touted as negative calorie foods. Back in 1929, Dr. Lindlahr noted that these foods seemed to help increase the metabolism, help with fat loss, and detoxify the body.
Negative calorie foods:
Which foods exactly are these "negative calorie foods" that are hoped to require more calories for your body to digest and process than are actually in foods themselves?
Part of the usefulness of these foods is the fact that eating them causes healthy enzymes to be released in the stomach. Enzymes aid digestion and help your body be healthy in a number of ways. Enzymes break down foods and help increase your metabolism rate.
If you read the ingredients on a bottle of meat tenderizer powder you'll see it is made out of either papaya or pineapple. The enzyme from pineapple is called bromelain and there are several medical studies on its use in health protocols. See our medical reference page.
Here are a few of the foods on this negative calorie foods list.
Foods that stimulate more enzyme action than most others:
Papaya Pineapple Grape Fruit Asparagus Watermelon
FRUITS on the negative calorie list
Apples Blueberry Cantaloupe Cranberry Grape Fruit Honey Dew Melons Lemons Mango Limes Oranges Peaches Pineapple Raspberries Strawberries Tangerines Watermelon
VEGETABLES on the negative calorie foods list
Asparagus Beets Broccoli Green Cabbage Carrot Cauliflower Celery Chicory Chili Peppers Cucumber Dandelion Endive Garden Cress Garlic Green Beans Lettuce Onion Radishes Spinach Turnip Zucchini
Now for some negative calorie recipes, free.
You can add negative calorie foods to other foods, to make the meal more balanced. Add a mixed salad to every meal. Toss in half of the items on the negative calorie list. Just leave off the creamy high-fat dressing. Use a raspberry vinaigrette or something light like that.
One way to get enzyme action working on the foods you eat is to add pineapple to the recipe. For example, when we have a skinless chicken breast sandwich, we add a slice of pineapple. We spray the chicken with Bragg liquid amino acids for a teriyaki-like flavor. Add lettuce, cucumber slices and onion, and you have a lot of negative calorie foods and enzymes helping your body to digest the sandwich.
Our kids love pizza. We would rather that they didn't eat sausage and salami. So we order the pizza with lean Canadian bacon and pineapple. It is now their favorite. Not a health food by any means, but the lean meat and the pineapple make it a far better choice. The meat is low in fat. The pineapple is on the negative calorie foods list and it adds enzymes to the digestive process.
We are not strict vegetarians. We enjoy chicken and lean beef, etc. It is a personal choice. If you give up all meat you may be low in the B vitamins so take a vitamin supplement.
No matter what your eating plan may be, negative calorie foods or not, take a balanced daily multi-vitamin and mineral supplement.
To learn more about the negative calorie foods, click here to see the Negative Calorie Diet Book
The diet book is excellent and offers much more information than we can put on one web page. Many people say this diet changed their lives.