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Negative Calorie Foods For Weight Loss

Negative calorie foods are foods, which use more calories to digest than the calories that food actually contains! Calories from these foods are much harder for the body to use. In other words, the body has to work hard in order to extract calories from these foods. Even though foods may contain equal amount of calories, much less of these calories can possibly turn into fat in fat burning foods (negative calorie foods) as fewer calories are actually available to the body. This gives these foods a tremendous natural fat-burning advantage.

Consider the facts:

A piece of dessert consisting of 400 calories may only require 150 calories to digest by our body, resulting in a net gain of 250 calories which is added to our body fat !On the other hand, a 5 calorie piece of celery may require 150 calories to digest, but resulting in a net loss of 145 calories from our body fat!! The more you eat, the more you lose weight!!!

How does it works? All foods have a nutrient (carbohydrate, fat, protein), caloric (calories) and vitamin & mineral content. Vitamins stimulate living tissues to produce enzymes that breakdown the caloric nutrients of that food.

The negative calorie foods contain sufficient vitamins & minerals that produce enzymes in quantities sufficient to break down not only its own calories, but additional calories present in digestion as well. This is the secret of The Negative Calorie Foods.

The Negative Calorie Foods : Fat burning Foods

The Negative Calorie Foods will have maximum benefits when eaten without any empty calorie foods (junk foods). There are several vegetables and fruits that have negative calorie effect. Some of the foods that can be eaten in generous quantities are: Asparagus, Beets, Carrot, Zucchini, Papaya, Strawberry, Raspberry, etc. Free List of Negative Calorie Foods

List of Negative calorie Foods

Vegetables

Asparagus
Beet Root
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrot
Cauliflower
Celery
Chicory
Cucumber
Garden cress
Garlic
Green Beans
Hot Chili
Lettuce
Onion
Radish
Spinach
Turnip
Zucchini
   
Fruit
Apple
Blueberries
Cantaloupe
Cranberry
Grapefruit
Honeydew
Lemon
Lime
Mango
Orange
Papaya
Peach
Pineapple
Raspberry
Strawberry
Tomato
Tangerine
Turnip
Watermelon

In order to lose weight you have to burn more calories than you consume. The Negative Calorie Foods require your body to "BURN" more calories processing them through your digestive system than the actual calorie content of the food itself. This results in your body burning up the excessive stored fat!

Negative Calorie Foods diets have reported to have an average weight loss of up to 10 pounds in 5 days by eating Negative Calorie Foods!