To be clear, every single thing you put in your mouth has calories. Even gum, something you don’t even swallow, has calories. There is no such thing as a food that has negative calories. However, there are foods that require more energy to chew and digest than they actually contain.
In theory, if you existed on a diet solely of these foods, you would lose weight. I obviously don’t suggest that. However, combining portions of these foods into your diet on a regular basis along with good proteins and healthy grains can only help your weight loss efforts.
So what exactly are these weight loss foods? Here is a list of foods that actually cause you to burn calories simply by eating them:
apples
apricot
asparagus
aubergine
beets
blackberry
broccoli
cabbage
carrots
cauliflower
celery
clementines
cranberries
cucumber
dandelion
endive
fennel
garlic
gourd
grapefruit
green beans
guava
honeydew melon
hot chili peppers
leek
lemon
lettuce
mandarin orange
melon canteloupe
onion
papaya
peaches
peppers
plums
radish
raspberry
rhubarb
spinach
strawberry
tangerine
tomato
turnip
watermelon
zucchini
How Should I Incorporate These Into My Diet?
A healthy diet, and one that will help you lose weight should incorporate at least 5 different colors of fruits and vegetables every day. You also need carbohydrates. . .but make sure you get your carbs from either green leafy vegetables and/or whole grains. Carbs in a candy bar might taste good–but they’re not going to do anything for your waist line.
If you make sure that at least a few of your “5 colors a day” are from the negative calorie food group, you are likely to see results. That’s as long as you don’t over do it on the protein and carbohydrate end of things. And as always–watch your portions. Skinless, boneless chicken is healthy enough but eating 12 ounces of it at one sitting is not likely to do your back side any favors.
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