Foods with negative calorie does not happen

There is a myth that some products have a negative calorie, that is, to digest these foods the body expends more energy than they contain.

The idea of ​​negative calorie foods recently popular in the media, forums on the Internet and through publications such as the article "The products that lead to weight loss: effect of negative calorie" Neil D. Bernarda. Under the so-called "diet negative kalriynostyu" it means that there are certain foods, such as celery, broccoli, papaya and lettuce, for the digestion which spent more calories than they contain.

Unfortunately, like many other tricks nutritionists, this myth too good to be true. To date there is no scientific proof of existence of the effect of "negative calorie". In fact, the digestive process consumes about 10% of the incoming energy from food. For products with so-called negative-calorie sometimes require 20-30% of calories coming, but sometimes for their figure remains at the level of all of the same ten percent. Therefore, even in extreme cases, energy consumption is far from 100%.

The average piece of well-known celery contains approximately 6 calories and on digestion consumes about 8%, but certainly not more than 100. This in no way detracts from the merits of celery, but with a negative-calorie product it away.

Despite the fact that the negative calorie - a myth nutritionists use the above products, and other fruits and vegetables is very useful. They are still very low in calories and contain vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.

via factroom.ru