The negative calorie theory is bogus

[HeXploiT]

The idea that when you eat these negative calorie foods that you are burning more calories than you eat is in fact false.

Here are some foods from the negative calorie list.

Vegetables:
Artichokes
Asparagus
Green beans
String beans
Beets
Beet greens
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage
Chinese cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celeriac
Celery
Chervil
Chicory
Chives
Squash
Tomato (fresh/canned)
Corn (cob/canned)
Cucumbers
Dandelion greens
Dill pickles
Eggplant
Endive
Garlic
Kale
Kohlrabi
Leeks
Lettuce
Mushrooms
Mustard greens
Okra
Onions
Parsley leaves
Turnips
Watercress
Parsnips (raw/boiled)
Peas
Peppers (green/red)
Pickles (sour/sweet)
Pumpkin
Radishes
Rappini
Red cabbage
Rhubarb
Rutabagas
Sauerkraut
Salsify
Scallions
Shallots
Sorrel
Spinach

Fruits:
Apples
Apricots
Blackberries
Blueberries
Cantaloupe
Cherries
Cranberries
Currants
Damson plum
Figs
Fruit salad (fresh/canned)
Grapefruit
Grapes
Honeydew melon
Huckleberries
Kiwi
Kumquats
Lemons
Limes
Loganberries
Mangoes
Muskmelons
Nectarines
Oranges
Papaya
Peaches
Pears
Pineapple
Pomegranates
Prunes
Quince
Raspberries
Strawberries
Tangerines
Watermelon

Meat:
Abalone
Bass (fresh water/sea)
Buffalo fish
Catfish
Clams (cooked)
Cod Steaks
Crab
Crayfish
Flounder
Frog legs
Mussels
Oysters (half shell)
Shrimp
Terrapin
Trout
Tuna


So essentially what the negative calorie theory says is that if I tried to live off this list of "negative calorie" foods alone I would eventually starve to death because it would always require more calories to burn them than to digest them.

Is there a hole in my logic?

 

[TecHNooB]

Try it

 

[presidentender]

Those aren't all negative-calorie foods. Tuna, for instance, has 191 calories per can. What's your source?

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Uh, not even close to all of those foods are negative calorie foods. The one I know is true is celery, but that's pretty much it. Seriously, where did you get this list and when did it become a theory? There are few foods that are in our society that don't provide some sort of usable calories. Most of those I know for a fact provide more calories than the body takes to digest it (ie pretty much all of the fruits, meats).

 

[HeXploiT]

I just pulled the list off a BB somewhere and someone else supposedly pulled it off another website.

I'd love to see a comprehensive and well accepted list of these negative calorie foods.

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: Perry404
I just pulled the list off a BB somewhere and someone else supposedly pulled it off another website.

I'd love to see a comprehensive and well accepted list of these negative calorie foods.

The moral of this story is don't believe everything that gets posted on bulletin boards.

 

[presidentender]

Originally posted by: BeauJangles

Originally posted by: Perry404
I just pulled the list off a BB somewhere and someone else supposedly pulled it off another website.

I'd love to see a comprehensive and well accepted list of these negative calorie foods.

The moral of this story is don't believe everything that gets posted on bulletin boards.

This just in: presidentender has already been selected as the 2012 Mr Olympia!

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: presidentender

Originally posted by: BeauJangles

Originally posted by: Perry404
I just pulled the list off a BB somewhere and someone else supposedly pulled it off another website.

I'd love to see a comprehensive and well accepted list of these negative calorie foods.

The moral of this story is don't believe everything that gets posted on bulletin boards.

This just in: presidentender has already been selected as the 2012 Mr Olympia!

AMAZING! Huge grats!

Really though, I've read some research on the celery one. That's all I can say.

 

[KoolDrew]

Ice cold water.

 

[skace]

Well there goes my "all you can eat cranberry diet"

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged

Originally posted by: presidentender

Originally posted by: BeauJangles

Originally posted by: Perry404
I just pulled the list off a BB somewhere and someone else supposedly pulled it off another website.

I'd love to see a comprehensive and well accepted list of these negative calorie foods.

The moral of this story is don't believe everything that gets posted on bulletin boards.

This just in: presidentender has already been selected as the 2012 Mr Olympia!

AMAZING! Huge grats!

Really though, I've read some research on the celery one. That's all I can say.

And obviously the amount of celery you would need to eat to lose a significant amount of calories would be ridiculous. The whole reason for the "negative calorie" effect is that celery isn't entirely digestable. Good as fiber source, but you really can't eat that much of it.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: SociallyChallenged

Originally posted by: presidentender

Originally posted by: BeauJangles

Originally posted by: Perry404
I just pulled the list off a BB somewhere and someone else supposedly pulled it off another website.

I'd love to see a comprehensive and well accepted list of these negative calorie foods.

The moral of this story is don't believe everything that gets posted on bulletin boards.

This just in: presidentender has already been selected as the 2012 Mr Olympia!

AMAZING! Huge grats!

Really though, I've read some research on the celery one. That's all I can say.

And obviously the amount of celery you would need to eat to lose a significant amount of calories would be ridiculous. The whole reason for the "negative calorie" effect is that celery isn't entirely digestable. Good as fiber source, but you really can't eat that much of it.

Yep, pretty much. Has near-to-no calories already.

 

[Blackjack200]

Honeydew melon? lol, that stuff is loaded with sugar. That's why it tastes so good.

I wish this were true, I'd look like Michael Phelps without having to swim 8 miles a day. But yeah, I've hear that the celery one is actually true.