| You gain weight when your calorie intake is more | | | | body fat! So if you eat |
| than yourcalorie expenditure. But if this calorie | | | | 100 calories of a food that requires 150 calories to |
| equation is reversed,then it results in "negative | | | | digest, then you haveburnt an additional 50 |
| calorie" balance in your body. Inthis negative | | | | calories simply by eating that food. These |
| calorie case, you expand more calories than | | | | 50calories are used up from the stored fat in |
| youtake in, resulting in a decrease in the stored | | | | your body! |
| calories in the formof body fat, and you | | | | These foods are widely available in nature. Some |
| experience a weight loss. About 10% ofdaily | | | | of the foods from thelist of negative calorie |
| caloric intake is used to process foods in the | | | | foods (about 100 in number) are: asparagus, |
| body. You canexpand more by doing physical | | | | broccoli,beets, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, |
| activities. | | | | cucumber, carrot, garlic, papaya,spinach, turnip, |
| There are certain foods that show negative | | | | zucchini, apples, oranges, lettuce, grapefruit, |
| calorie effect becausethe body has to expand | | | | pineapples,strawberries, and raspberries. |
| more energy to extract calories from thesefoods. | | | | It is a great idea to eat these negative calorie |
| The negative calorie foods need more calories to | | | | food items to your fullsatisfaction without counting |
| break downthe foods and digest than the calories | | | | calories. Include these foods in your dailydiet and |
| the foods actually contain. | | | | plan your diet according to food pyramid. You will |
| The extra calories are taken up from the stored | | | | be amazed to seethe fast weight loss results. |
| fat in the body. Thusthe negative calorie foods | | | | You can follow negative calorie diet plan forsafe |
| (may also be called as minus calorie foodsor fat | | | | and permanent weight loss. |
| burning foods) are ideal for reducing the body fat | | | | You have permission to publish this article in your |
| and forlosing weight. | | | | web sites, ezines orelectronic publication, as long |
| Let us take an example. A piece of dessert | | | | as the piece is used in its entiretyincluding the |
| consisting of 300 caloriesmay require only 150 | | | | resource box, all hyperlinks (HTML clickable) and |
| calories to be digested by our body, resulting ina | | | | references and copyright info. |
| net gain of 150 calories which is added to our | | | | |