What Is Negative Caloric Content Of Products And How It Works

It is believed that these foods have a negative caloric content, for the digestion of which the body spends more energy than they contain. It is a mistake to think that the more such foods are present in our menu, the greater the need for calories our body will experience.

Each food is characterized by an energy value - calories . If the diet is balanced, a constant weight is maintained; if the menu contains more calories than the body needs, you gain extra pounds. Accordingly, if we take in fewer calories than the body needs - we lose weight. Therefore, the basis of many weight loss diets is the calculation of calories contained in the products consumed during the day.

In general, the daily amount of calories for people who are not subjected to heavy physical labor is as follows: for women - 2300 kcal, and for men - 2600 kcal.

What is "negative" caloric content?

It is known that the body consumes about 10% of the total calories burned per day for food processing. In addition, the absorption of some products can take many more calories. For example, if a carrot has 10 kcal, and its digestion requires 12 kcal, then eating it, you burn 2 kcal. This is why some scientists claim that because there are carrot-like products that are digested more slowly, a negative calorie charge is formed as a result of their consumption . In other words: for the digestion of products with negative calories, the body expends more calories than they contain. But this does not mean that carrots have minus 2 kcal. Therefore, the term "negative calorie products" is wrong, but still used very often.

Recommendations

It is usually recommended to consume up to 500 grams of vegetables and the same amount of fruit per day. If you want to keep your figure in good condition, replace lunch or dinner with low-calorie products or dishes prepared from them. Take them raw, because this way the body will have to work longer than if you eat them after heat treatment.

• Chew food carefully at all times. It is believed that if you swallow a piece of meat or an apple, more energy is required for their digestion. But this is not true: if the product is not well enough mechanically processed in the mouth (chewed), it will not be partially absorbed. When a person chews a hard carrot, he expends energy for this process, as well as for the secretion of saliva and enzymes, and for the preparation of the gastrointestinal tract and all systems of work. All this burns calories.
• And one more trick: try to consume all foods, including those with a negative caloric content, in pieces, not ground. Soft, chopped, shredded and pureed foods are digested faster - less energy is needed to process them. Choose the roasted meat in front of the meatball, the vegetable soup in front of the cream soup, crumble apples and celery stalks without cutting them into pieces, etc.
• There is no separate diet system with only negative calorie products. Nutritionists recommend that we do not create our own diets: in addition to fruits and vegetables, our body needs protein and fat.

Also, we should not be deceived that negative calorie foods will save us from extra pounds. They can help us maintain our weight right now. The calories we eat with chips and fatty meats will not disappear if we eat these foods with celery.

To summarize:

Negative calorie products do not have a negative amount of calories, but a minimum. They help maintain your existing weight if you include them in your menu. And there is no food in nature that can honestly destroy the fat you have accumulated. Therefore, consume healthy products, reducing the caloric content of your menu, and in combination with exercise you will get rid of extra pounds that bother you without starving.

Products with a "negative caloric content" include:

• vegetables: celery, cabbage (white and cauliflower), beets, asparagus, garlic, legumes, peppers, radishes, spinach, tomatoes, onions, turnips, pumpkins, carrots, eggplant, cucumbers;
• fruits: apple, melon, papaya, peach, apricot, pineapple, plum, mango, tangerine, lemon, orange, grapefruit, green lemon, watermelon;
• berries: blueberries, blackcurrants, strawberries;
• green leafy vegetables and spices: dill, parsley, lettuce, basil, mint;
• spices: all spicy spices;
• drinks: green tea without sugar, juices without citric acid and sugar, non-carbonated mineral water.