Negative Calorie Foods & Weight Loss

• The Duodenal Switch (Bilio-Pancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch) - a procedure for weight loss surgery that alters the gastrointestinal tract with two approaches: a restrictive aspect and a malabsorptive aspect.
• Anti-obesity drugs - some work by increasing of the body's metabolism.
• Processed foods are likely to contain trans fats - snack foods, fried foods, baked goods, salad dressings, and vegetable shortenings and margarines.
• Junk food diet - eating foods perceived to be unhealthy and of poor nutritional value. Such foods displace healthier foods and can lead to weight gain.
• Rice Diet - unrelated to rice, this is a low fat, low salt weight loss diet sometimes known as the Duke University Rice Diet. It includes healthy eating (fruits, grains, beans, vegetables, olive oil, non fat dairy and lean meat), walking, and personal time.
• Stimulants - used and sometimes abused to boost endurance and productivity as well as to suppress appetite for weight loss. Examples of stimulants are caffeine, amphetamines, ecstasy and cocaine.

You gain weight when your calorie intake is more than your calorie expenditure. But if this calorie equation is reversed, then it results in "negative calorie" balance in your body. In this negative calorie case, you expand more calories than you take in, resulting in a decrease in the stored calories in the form of body fat, and you experience a weight loss. About 10% of daily caloric intake is used to process foods in the body. You can expand more by doing physical activities.

There are certain foods that show negative calorie effect because the body has to expand more energy to extract calories from these foods. The negative calorie foods need more calories to break down the foods and digest than the calories the foods actually contain. The extra calories are taken up from the stored fat in the body. Thus the negative calorie foods (may also be called as minus calorie foods or fat burning foods) are ideal for reducing the body fat and for losing weight.

Let us take an example. A piece of dessert consisting of 300 calories may require only 150 calories to be digested by our body, resulting in a net gain of 150 calories which is added to our body fat! So if you eat 100 calories of a food that requires 150 calories to digest, then you have burnt an additional 50 calories simply by eating that food. These 50 calories are used up from the stored fat in your body!

These foods are widely available in nature. Some of the foods from the list of negative calorie foods (about 100 in number) are: asparagus, broccoli, beets, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, cucumber, carrot, garlic, papaya, spinach, turnip, zucchini, apples, oranges, lettuce, grapefruit, pineapples, strawberries, and raspberries.

It is a great idea to eat these negative calorie food items to your full satisfaction without counting calories. Include these foods in your daily diet and plan your diet according to food pyramid. You will be amazed to see the fast weight loss results. You can follow a negative calorie diet plan for safe and permanent weight loss.

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