Negative Calories?

I saw this post and was wondering if it is true....are these calories basically free? Can I pretty much eat as much as I want since they use up more calories digesting then they are worth?

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Here is a list of negative calorie foods. No that doesn't mean the foods have negative calories ;) I wish lol. What it means is that when you eat these foods raw or in some cases slightly cooked with nothing on them your body burns more calories digesting and processing them than what
is in the actual food itself. For a healthy weight loss and a little boost add some of these foods to your diet each day. Most are full of
nutrients and won't weigh you down.

Thought this might help some of you :)
Christin

Fruits

apple
cranberries
grapefruit
lemon
mango
orange
pineapple
raspberries
strawberries
tangerine

Vegetables

asparagus
beet
broccoli
cabbage (green)
carrot
cauliflower
celery
Chile peppers (hot)
cucumber
dandelion
endive
garden cress
garlic
green beans
lettuce
onion
papaya
radishes
spinach
turnip

I've only heard of celery as being a negative calories food, and doubt that even that is true, let alone the rest of it. I do know that chillis increase your metabolic rate, though, so that could be true.

these are all great, low-calorie, plant-based whole foods to have in your diet. our bodies are pretty good at getting energy (calories) out of foods, though. if you want to eat more of these foods, you should, they are good for you, but don't use them to "offset" other, less healthful foods. calories are calories, they all still count.

By and large, all vegetables, herbs and leafy foods are good to eat in as big quantities as you can physically accommodate... They're low calorie (nothing is negative calorie - that's a popular myth) even in pretty large amounts.

What are a little more calorific (and certainly not negative calorie) are most fruits.  Generally, the sweeter and more dense the fruit the more calorific they tend to be.   So if you set about eating a pound of strawberries or a big mango (and wouldn't that be lovely?) just make sure you clock the 140 cals each time!

If you get minimum five a day vegetables and two or three portions of fruit, you'd have physically less space left on the plate and in your stomach to overeat on other foods..... So enjoy fruit and vegetables liberally but don't be under any illusion you're burning up more than you're eating...

These are very low calorie, but you are already compensating for digesting them with your daily burn meter, so if you are counting calories, they do have caloric value and you do need to count them if you want an accurate count.  Especially the fruits, since they have a lot of sugar and if you are counting more than just calories (fat, fibre, sugar, etc), they have nutritional value as well that you probably want to keep track of.

However, they are a great low-cal filler if you're having a hard time sticking to feeling full with a low-cal diet.

i would say that most vegetables could almost be considered "free"  in the sense that you'd really really have to stuff yourself to end having excess calories from vegetables.  Fruit on the other hand has tons and tons of sugar.  These foods definately are not free.  They are good for you in the right amounts but anything with sugar shouldnt be counted as free.  Even if you arent counting grams of sugar, they are relevant to your weight and health.  I remember watching this weight loss show once and the dr. said that his patients would come to him and be like: "doc, how come i'm not losing weight?  all i'm eating is oranges." and his response was  "yeah, but you are eating 20 oranges a day..."  

To certain posters-  Please, stop trolling these nutr science related posts and perpetuating nutrition myths and nutr related falacies (ie: fruit has tons and tons of sugar"). The answers to these questions are not based on "your opinion" but on scientifically proven fact.

To the OP- What gi-jane the other first three posters say is absolutely right. All whole fruits and veges are relatively low in calories and certainly nutritious sources of energy, but there is no such thing as a "negative calorie food".  All calories count.

what is nutr?  and who is trolling?  fruit does have tons of sugar.... i dont get your problem.

edit:  by the way, i didnt say not to eat fruit, but if you start thinking that fruit is free and eat a bunch of it, you are going to be consuming massive quantities of sugar, which is proven to cause diabetes, insulin resistance, and other health related problems.  i still dont get how thats trolling or why my posts are so offensive to you personally.

Nothing has negative calories. Eating ten baskets full of apples can still make you gain weight.

A little moderation goes a long way.  If you check the food browser - as well as other nutritional information -- bananas, apples, oranges, grapefruit, grapes all provide about 90 calories per serving.  That's why they are sources of quick energy.  Carrots, celery, peas provide fewer calories but they give you other important nutrients.

A slice of bread, without butter, etc.,  has more calories than a piece of fruit and it is less filling.  Add a tablespoon of peanut butter and some jelly and you have enough calories for a decent meal.

Nothing has negative calories except running, swimming, walking -- and commuting by bike, which really packs on the negative calories.  But I haven't been recording the grapes, strawberries, etc that I eat at night  and it doesn't seem to be a serious problem.  A dish of ice cream or frozen yogurt is an entirely different matter.