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[T618]The Negative Calorie Diet

by Alice Campbell, Ali

Every person, especially women love feeling comfortable with their appearance and having a nice, sexy body. However, some of us are luckier and don't have to do much effort in order to be fit while others must do exercise constantly and keep a certain diet. Nowadays, there is a variety of diets to choose from according to our organism's needs. The negative calorie diet is one of the most popular ones, starting from the premise that certain foods create negative calorie effects and they enable us to lose weight.

The negative calorie diet is quite controversial because scientists claim that the theory is not scientifically sound, since there are no such foods which have negative calories. On the other hand, those who sustain this theory state that people can eat their way to loose weight. The negative calorie diet works on the idea that our bodies have to burn energy in order to digest certain foods. Thus, our bodies are burning fat but this diet is recommended for those who have a good metabolism. This diet has been quite popular because of three main reasons: it requires little effort, it promotes consumption of foods rich in vitamins and minerals and it increases the metabolism of the body.

Some of the fruits which contain negative calories are asparagus, watermelon, pineapple, grapefruit, carrots, strawberry and papaya. All foods contain nutrients, calories, vitamins and mineral content and these foods which contain negative calories have enough vitamins and minerals which break down not only their own calories but also additional calories present in digestion. The negative calorie diet requires that you eat negative calorie foods in a natural state, without cooking them and without adding butter, sugar or other things that can change the caloric makeup of the food. Furthermore, this diet is restricted to fruits and vegetables and it is quite difficult for people who love meat, pasta, etc.

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Natural Colon Cleanse enables us to eliminate the toxins we accumulate as result of an unhealthy diet and living in a polluted environment. The most important benefits of a colon cleanse are: improvement of the digestive system and making it more efficient, decreasing cases of constipation, cleaning the colon of harmful toxins, strengthening the immune system, improving the elimination of waste materials, restores concentration and mental clarity and helps detoxify the chemicals in our body. Natural Colon Cleanse is a great way of getting healthier and taking care of ourselves. The negative calorie diet can't hurt you since there's nothing healthier than eating fruits and vegetables. However, it is said that this diet will slow down the metabolism and it will be harder for the organism to burn fat.

Of course, there is no such thing as a food that contains negative calories. Every food contains calories. The idea behind the Negative Calorie diet is to eat catabolic foods, or negative calorie foods that burn more calories to digest that what they put back.

Surprisingly, strictly based on numbers, this is entirely possible, but it should be noted that there is no scientific evidence to verify it.

For example, if you eat an orange that hypothetically contains 80 calories, you gain 80 calories. But if that same orange uses 110 calories to digest, you lose 30 calories.

Since your body needs 110 calories to digest the orange and the orange only provides 80, where does it get the other 30 calories? It would come from the stored fat in your body.

Now all you need to do is eat a crate of oranges every day and you will be thin in no time.

OK, that is not very practical. But there are many other catabolic foods to choose from, but as you might expect, they all belong to the fruit and vegetable families. You can chew that cheeseburger until your gums bleed, but you will still consume more calories that you burn.

The biggest drawback to the Negative Calorie diet is that fruits and vegetables lack some important nutrients found in meat, dairy, and grain foods. Can we be healthy eating only fruits and vegetables? Of course. Vegetarians do it all the time. Fruits and vegetables are a very important part of a healthy diet. But they are not the only part.

The bigger question would be if you are willing to. If you are used to eating meats, dairy, and grains, would you be able to switch to an all vegetarian diet?

The better solution would be to incorporate fruits and vegetables into your regular diet. They not only help you burn more calories, but they also provide vital nutrients. They also help fill you up, so you eat less of the other foods.

The foods you eat play the most important role in your health and fitness. Like the saying goes, "You are what you eat".

To see a partial list of negative calorie or catabolic foods, go to

http://www.fit4lifeclub.com/diet/diet-programs/negative-calorie-diet.htm

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