Infotmation about the fruits...

So, these days i've been thinking about the fruits a lot! I've heard that it contains lots of vitamins, which contains various vitamins, water etc. Also someone told me that it doesn't make people gain the weight! Well i don't know how much is this point true but I have tested this state! I've been eating great mount of fruits for more than3 months, I didn't count the calories and i haven't gained a gram! So what can you say? Should i count its calories?? I got so tangled...Professionals i need your help! Please!

It's good you're eating fruit, but I'm not sure why anyone would tell you that comsumption of fruit is the "key" to weight loss.  If a person burns more calories than they consume, whether it's from apples or from bread, they'll lose weight. 

In addition, I'm not sure why you wouldn't count the calories from a food just because it's a fruit.  A calorie from an apple doesn't have any less impact to your daily consumption than a calorie from bread.

If this method works for you, great, but be careful about getting the other nutrients your body needs.  Your body still needs protien, whole grains, and other nutrients that may not be found in the fruits you're eating.  Don't get me wrong, I'm a big advocate of fruits (I love bananas and fuji apples), but it's important to recognize the value of a balanced diet.

A calorie is a calorie.  Just log what you eat and keep track of your nutrition level.  As long as you are getting something from all the food groups and you are keeping within your calorie allowance, eat everything!

Ok, i got it! Since this day I'm gonna be counting it's calories as well! Oh and what about the fruit jiuces??? I've heard that for example pineapple's jiuce burn it's calories and that it's calories are uncountable! What would you advice me to do in this case??
Should i count it's calories???

Pineapple juice is 120 calories for 8 ounces.  So yes, if you're counting calories, they should be included.

What do you mean you've heard that "pineapple's juice burn it's calories"?  Someone has told you that drinking pineapple juice burns calories?  If that's the case, I would like to know where they got the information.  I can't imagine a scenario in which pineapple juice calories are "uncountable" - it has calories just like any other juice, and like any other calorie, will go toward your overall energy consumption for the day.

Not know, that's why I'm asking you guys, i need an information, which i can trust! just have you heard the same about the lime? It contains C vitamin, which is burn the calories. Don't know where they have got this information from, but i've been doing and relying on this info for 3-4 months...I've not gained the weight..I'm still 49 kilos.......

Where are you getting this thing that calories in some foods/juices "don't count" or that foods "burn calories?  Foods don't "burn" anything - the human body is what burns calories.

Lime juice has 66 cals per 8 ounces, and I don't think you can call them "uncountable" because of the vitamin C.

some foods are said to have negative calories because supposedly it takes more energy to digest them than what they actually add to your calorie count. celery is one of these foods. for example (this is not an accurate example, just using it for demonstration purposes!!) if a stalk of celery is 60 calories but it takes 80 calories worth of energy to digest it, you have -20 calories.

here's some sites detailing negative calories:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_calorie s

http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/celery. asp

keep in mind, the most important thing is to eat a healthy diet containing all the food groups and get adequate exercise. good luck!

Original Post by royalldybg:

if a stalk of celery is 60 calories but it takes 80 calories worth of energy to digest it, you have -20 calories.

I understand the concept of "negative calories", and I do know that celery is one of the foods that can result in it, but it doesn't mean the calories ingested in the eating of celery "don't count", at least in the context of counting calories and logging your food.  

Of course, one could log "digesting celery" in their activity log in order to specifically negate the logged celery cals, so in that sense it may not "count", but I haven't heard of pineapple or lime juice being one of those "negative calorie" foods.

royalldybg thanks for proving what i said! For example green tea!
The same is goin on with these fruits! Ok, who knows how many calories are in one small Mandarin???:)

According to the CC database, about 31 calories (for a 70g orange).

Wow thats pretty good! So how many calories for an Apple?? 25???(one normal apple 100g, 50 calories) Am i right?

Yeah, that's about right, according to the CC database (52 cals for a 100g apple). 

Just out of curiousity, why are you asking - are you having problems with using the food log/database?

Nop just i wanna make sure that fruits which grow on trees won't make me gain the weight! And in fact i don't think that there was any use of counting negative calories...Am i right?

I'm not sure that it grows on trees is what differentiates a fruit as a "negative calorie" food.  However, just because it may be a "negative calorie" food doesn't mean you shouldn't be counting it.

If you're using the CC food logs, you should be counting it anyway, IMO, because it tracks more than just calories.  You're tracking basic nutritional facts such as carbohydrates, sodium, and protein as well.  In addition, the logs can be used to simply track and make sure you're taking in enough calories during the day, or too much.  I don't know much about what would happen if you put yourself on a "negative calorie food" diet, but I'm pretty sure that it's still subject to the same laws of weight loss as anything else.  If your calorie intake, from pineapple or anything else, is above what your body burns for the day, you can gain weight. 

I should point out that it's been stated in numerous resources that "negative calorie foods" is really a misnomer, and the theory behind a "negative calorie diet" (if that's what you're trying to do) is not really scientifically sound, and doesn't provide the balance of nutrients your body needs.

http://www.healthyweightforum.org/eng/diets/n egative-calorie-diet/

 

Yes somehow i do agree! But you know i don't have some kind of problems with my weight! I mean I've already lost great amount of weight 20 kilos in 3 months! Now i weight 49 kilos, everyday I'm eating somwhere 550-660 calories, if i wont count fruit calories...Ok if i count fruits calories, then somewhere 100-200 calories plus to that amount! Everyday Im studying, walking, I'm wuit active, exercising and burning 1800 everyday, intaking less then 900-100 calories...how do you think will "negative calories", fruits and vegies make me gain the weight! Oh and once again i want to state, for 3 months I've not been counting fruits calories and no weight gain! Again I weight the same!
What do you think?