Negative Calorie Diet Plan | Negative Calorie Food

What are Negative Calorie Foods ? All foods contain calories... 

The Negative Calorie Diet Plan is based on the idea that some foods take more calories for the body to process and digest than are contained in the foods themselves. The Negative Calorie Diet was originally written by a US Navy 'PRTC' (Physical Readiness Training Coordinator). It was in that role that the diet was originally researched. It became widely used by the US Army, Marines and Navy to get their new recruits into shape. The theory behind this health-energy-fitness oriented diet is very interesting indeed. The research found that some foods require more energy consumption (ie calorie burning) by the human digestive system than the foods themselves actually contain.

The Negative Calorie Diet is a sound, healthy, balanced diet across the food groups. Nothing outlandishly faddish about it at all. It is scientifically reasoned, and proven effective by many thousands of people in the Armed Forces and in the general community.

So How Does A Negative Calories Diet Actually Work ? 

The Negative Calorie Diet gives, as an example, the net calorie consumption from eating broccoli. It says that if you eat a serving of 100 grams of broccoli, which contains 25 calories, it will take the body 80 calories worth of energy to digest it. This results in a negative net calorie use of 55 calories which are supposed to be taken from fat stores on the body. When a person eats a piece of food the first thing that happens is chewing and this action consumes energy. Foods that are higher in stringy fibers, such as celery, generally require more chewing, and hence more energy expenditure, than other foods such as cake which do not require as much chewing. After chewing, the food is moved down the esophagus and into the stomach, where it begins to be broken down as it mixes with stomach acid. Then it is moved into the small intestine where it is liquefied and absorption into the body begins. Then the mass moves into the large intestine where fluids are absorbed and then the residual mass is excreted.

The Negative Calorie diet believes that this entire process of digestion uses many calories, and so by eating foods that are low in calories, and take longer to digest, the body will actually be using more calories than are taken by processing the foods. The diet claims that these extra calories required for digestion are taken from fat stores in the body,and that the more of these negative calorie foods the dieter eats, the more weight will be lost.   

An example of a negative calorie food is an apple, contains 65 calories and may take 100 calories to digest, which creates a net loss of 35 calories from your body fat. The calories “lost” by eating an apple, are not a significant number when you remember that to lose a pound you have to eliminate 3500 calories from the amount of calories you need to maintain your current weight through dietary changes or exercise. But compare the apple with the option of a 400 calorie piece of cake, and the apple is a better choice – it has lower calories, no fat, lots of natural healthy nutrients, and will help control your appetite because of the fiber (whereas the cake is only empty calories with no vitamins or minerals, can increase your cravings and spike your blood sugar levels causing increased hunger).

The Negative Calorie diet contains more than 100 foods which are considered negative calorie. These are mostly fruits and vegetables that are high in fiber. Some of the vegetables include: asparagus, beets, broccoli, cabbage, celery, chilies, garlic, lettuce, spinach, and zucchini. Some fruits considered negative calorie include: apples, grapefruits, lemons, oranges, and pineapple.

There are 3 diet plans that a dieter can select from, depending on how fast the dieter wants to lose weight. Also provided are a variety of recipes and suggestions for how to continue to include negative calorie foods in the diet once the desired weight loss has been achieved.

Lose Weight Quickly

The Negative Calorie diet is intended to help dieters lose a lot of weight very quickly. It says that dieters can lose up to 14 pounds in 7 days by following the diet strictly. It also includes exercise recommendations that are intended to help the dieter tone their body. After the dieter has reached their desired weight the Negative Calorie diet suggests that it be repeated as needed to help maintain weight loss. It also says that during this period the negative calorie food should be included into the dieters usual diet to help promote continued health and ensure that the weight is not regained.

Negative Calorie Food List

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? 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

VEGETABLES on the negative calorie foods list

Asparagus
Beets
Broccoli
Green Cabbage
Carrot
Cauliflower
Celery
Chili Peppers
Cucumber
Endive
Garden Cress
Garlic
Green Beans
Lettuce
Onion
Radishes
Spinach
Turnips
Zucchini

FRUITS on the negative calorie list

Apples
Cantaloupe
Cranberry
Grape Fruit
Honey Dew Melons
Mango
Oranges
Peaches
Pineapple
Raspberries
Strawberries
Tangerines
Watermelon
 

Are Negative Calorie Foods Good For Health?

As you can see, the negative calorie foods listed above, most of them are nutritious vegetables provided vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fiber. Also, most of these foods are a part of the Indian diet, so they are easily available.

So, how to use negative calorie foods to lose weight?

Eating a negative calorie diet will create a calorie deficit, but it is much like a crash diet, since it does not provide enough calories. Negative calorie diets alone do not provide adequate protein, fat and carbohydrates for your body so even though many low calorie foods have nutritional value, only eating them is not suggested.
To use these negative calorie foods to healthy lose weight, eat them along with your regular meals. Ensure you’re getting adequate protein, fat and carbohydrates in your regular meals. For maximum benefits have these negative calorie food either raw, steamed or very lightly cooked. This has 3 benefits:
- It reduces the overall calorific value of your meals.
- Increases your daily nutrition- vitamins, fiber and anitoxidants from the foods.
- Fills you up for longer, so you cut junk food cravings.

To really lose weight, get on a proper weight loss plan. Or see any of our customized fitness plans, like personal training, diabetes management, hypothyroid, pregnancy weight loss, and more..

How About Some Negative Calorie Recipes?

You can start out by simply adding negative calorie foods to other foods in any recipe, to make the meal more balanced. If you usually make spagetti with meatballs, for example, use chunks of zucchini instead of the fattening meatballs. Add a mixed salad to every meal. Toss in half of the items on the negative calorie list into your salads. Just leave off the creamy high-fat dressing. Use a raspberry vinaigrette or something light like that.

Substitute these foods in place of others. Make a stir fry with several vegetables. Have a smoothie shake with your favorite fruits and some berries. We are not strict vegetarians. We enjoy chicken once in a while. But only a small amount. It is a personal choice. But on this diet you simply eat the foods listed in the diet book and you lose weight. It is that simple.

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, I highly recommend the book that reveals everything you need to know to lose weight fast like I did. Click here to see how the Negative Calorie Diet Book can help you. 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. I can verify that it helped me lose a lot of weight fast. It is guaranteed so you have nothing to lose but some extra pounds.

The diet says that eating these negative calorie foods can actually increase the body's metabolism. The e-book also includes other suggestions for how the dieter can increase his or her metabolism. One suggestion is breathing better and more deeply. The diet says that this will increase metabolism and let the body rid itself of toxins. The diet also provides a set of exercises. It claims that the three exercises provided will tone 85% of the body's muscles. These exercises are recommended to be done for 15 minutes, three times a week.

 TIPS - How to Lose Weight Through The Negative Calorie Food Diet

1. Motivate yourself by recording your weight & target weight you want by weighing on same weighing machine.

2. Try to make lifestyle changes permanent.

3. 7500 calories = 1 kg of weight. Decrease your calorie intake by about 1000 calories a day.

4. Boost your BMR by daily morning exercises.

5. Know calories of food you are eating.

6. Drink 10 glasses of chilled water everyday, as most pangs are thirst not hunger pangs & it burns upto 400 calories/ week.

7. Whenever you feel hungry eat negative calorie food like kheera, kakdi or fruits.

8. Eat a big bowl of negative calorie food salad before lunch & dinner.

9. Green tea boosts metabolism, burns 50 calories/ cup if taken with sugar free.

10. Healthy switchovers:

a. Try to use skimmed milk(or Amul Lite milk) instead of whole milk.

b. Green tea instead of normal tea.

c. Sugar free instead of sugar.

d. Whole wheat atta (Aashirwaad) instead of plain atta.

e. Buy Amul lite butter instead of routine butter.

11. Avoid cold drinks, oil, namkeen, potato, biscuits, movie snacks, naan, paratha.

12. Negative calorie food has to be eaten raw & unpeeled as far as possible.

13. Eat vegetables of negative list without least peeling.