What is a negative calorie diet?

A negative calorie diet consists of foods that require more energy to digest than they contain. People on these diets say they can loose from 1 to 2 pounds a day.




Why you should avoid this like the plague!



When I first hear the term negative calorie foods I asked my self could this be true, as you are probably doing so right now?

A negative calorie diet is simply consuming only foods that require your body to expend more energy (calories) to digest it, then the food offers in return.

(Example- if the food you were eating was 50 calories and your body used 150 calories to digest it you would be in a net loss of 150 calories).

Here is a list of negative calorie foods, and fruits:

Foods:

Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrot
Cauliflower
Celery
Asparagus
Cucumbers
Green beans
Garlic
Lettuce
Onion
Radish
Spinach
Turnip
Zucchini

Fruits:

Apple
Orange
Grapefruit
Cantaloupe
Blueberries
Cranberry
Lemon
Lime
Mango
Peach
Pineapple
Papaya
Raspberry
Strawberry
Tomato
Tangerine
Watermelon

The negative calorie diet is to consume many small meals over the course of the day from this list above. You will feel full, and loose weight.

Now it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that you will loose weight if you are burning more calories than you are consuming.

On the surface this seems like the greatest thing for anyone looking to loose weight, but there is an old saying. If it seems to good to be true, it usually is!

So here the catch!

In order to stay healthy your body needs to consume two main things, protein, and fats.

Without them you are simply starving yourself!

Your body needs protein every day to build and repair muscles and other body tissues. And to make hormones, and enzymes that it needs to function properly.

When you deny your body of protein it will go into survival mode (catabolism) and start using your lean muscle to keep your vital systems functioning.

Your body also needs good fats to survive (omega 3s), at least one tablespoon of fat a day to function properly. Without them your hair, skin, nails will suffer.

Other side effects you can suffer without fats in your diet are depression, fatigue, anxiety, mood swings, hypoglycemia, insulin resistance, constant and insatiable hunger, hormonal imbalance.

Your brain is made up of 2/3 fats and needs good fats (EFAs) to survive and grow; your body cannot produce this so you must consume them in your diet.

Your brains first choice for energy is glucose (carbohydrates), but if you cut them out of your diet your brain will use Ketone bodies (your bodies alternate energy system) to survive. But you must eat more protein, or fat to replace those missing carbohydrates to keep your brain healthy over the long run.

So when you hear people saying they lost all this weight real fast, they didn’t loose fat.

They lost water weight, and lean muscle for the most part. And the odds are they will put that weight back on, plus more.

You should only expect to loose up to 2 pounds a week on a proper diet, and stay healthy.

The foods in the list above are all good to enclude into a healthy diet, but not as your sole source of nutrition.

By doing so you risk damaging your long-term health!

But I'm sure you are reading this because you want to loose weight, and the only right way to do this is to eat a healthy diet and exercise.

Want to know more? See- The Benefits Of Organic Foods

Have you tried a fad diet ?

Or do you know anybody who has ?

Did they keep the weight off ?