Negative Calorie foods.

Discussion in 'Boxing Training' started by Fredd, Jan 15, 2012.


  1. lefty

    lefty Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You know a good one... Eating nothing. Why anybody would care about this is beyond me. You play sports? You need energy for that?
    Food is for energy and nutrients, why would you be trying to eat something that has **** all in it.
     
  2. pichuchu

    pichuchu Well-Known Member Full Member

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    maybe to lose weight while not feeling hungry. When someone has their meals sorted and are hungry for a snack wouldnt it be better to have a calorie less snack instead of added cals?
     
  3. Fredd

    Fredd Member Full Member

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    Pretty much.
     
  4. Oh and you suppose something like celery is really suitable for an athlete who trains with any type of intensity, why would you let it get to a stage where your snacking on negative calorie foods like celery I dont know.
     
  5. pichuchu

    pichuchu Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Why not? what majes celery an unsuitable snack??
     
  6. viru§™

    viru§™ Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It's pointless. If you're hungry eat something worth some value or don't eat. You're not going to gain 10lbs overnight because you ate a piece of fruit.

    OP, I don't get why you're worried about consuming calories?
     
  7. What Virus said ^^^
     
  8. Fredd

    Fredd Member Full Member

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    To be quite honest, you dont have to get it. I asked a question, you gave me advice. Thats all it is, advice.
    Im sorry if im coming off the wrong way, or if your coming off the wrong way.:thumbsup
     
  9. SteveThePirate1

    SteveThePirate1 New Member Full Member

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    There is no such thing as negative calorie foods. What is actually happening is this: You are not consuming the same number of calories as you were before hence you are expending more calories through daily workout and your BMR while taking in fewer calories with lettuce and celery. You do lose weight but it has nothing to do with digestion...
     
  10. pichuchu

    pichuchu Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Actually there are foods like celery that require more energy to digest then they give. So they are "negative calories"
     
  11. Fredd

    Fredd Member Full Member

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    I doubt that celery actually is 'negative calorie'. To be honest i do not give a **** if it does or dosen't, my views/opinions have completely changed since then anyway, this thread is from a long while ago where I knew **** all about nutrition. Not claiming to be an expert now, but i was clueless when this thread was made:-(.
     
  12. Lynchburg

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    Ghost Chillies...

    Lynchburg
     
  13. Squire

    Squire Let's Go Champ Full Member

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    It was only two months ago :lol:

    I don't see why a food can't have 'negative calories' in the sense that it takes more energy to digest that what it actually contains. I'm sure eating handfuls of earth, or sand, would require more energy to process than they provide.
     
  14. Fredd

    Fredd Member Full Member

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    Haha, i know:lol:.
    Not utterly clueless, i mean i knew certain things.
    I was just kind of stuck on some magical answer to weight loss, and reading the wrong kind of **** for a short period, and it lead me to a spur of the moment 'oh my god, negative calorie food'.

    And anyway, you can educate yourself rather a lot if you do the right kind of research, and spend enough time on it, in two months.