The negative Calorie diet!

Eat all you want and lose weight! An attractive concept but it’s not true and we know it. What you put into your mouth is going to show on your hips and your health and we all know that for a fact!

But negative calorie foods are something which really stumped me! According to new research, there are foods which can actually make you lose weigh, every if you eat and eat and eat! These are called as negative calorie foods. I wasn’t really convinced that this diet would actually work. How earth will eat a lot of food make you lose weight?

Here’s how!
.When we eat food, our body has to work really hard to break down that food you ate at lunchtime into the basic components which can be used by simple body cells. As a result, our body expands energy to breakdown food everyday. That’s half the reason you feel drowsy after a heavy meal; you’re body is working overtime to digest and breakdown all that food. But according to researchers, several varieties of food contain their nutrients tightly bound inside themselves. That makes the body work double-hard to remove the nutrients from it. As a result you lose much more energy by simply eating negative calorie foods. So the more you eat, the larger the amount of weight loss!

Does it work?
I don’t know but it does make sense! Think about it! If foods like grapefruit and celery can make you lose weight, then half the world’s population would be thin and pretty! But that is not the case. So there are drawback and a few simple ones which pop into my head are-

1. Is it really possible to eat only negative calorie foods all day long? This reminds me of the ATKIN DIET which puts people on a complete protein diet. It’s really easy to start craving other varieties of food and that means eventually you are going to fall off the diet bandwagon.
2. Negative calorie foods are listed on several websites and till date, no matter, how many websites, I’ve gone through, I’ve found that every negative calorie food sounds uniformly tasteless. I cannot imagine eating only large amounts of apple, beet root, blueberries, broccoli, cantaloupe, cabbage, cranberry, carrot, grapefruit, cauliflower, honeydew, celery, lemon/lime, chicory, mango, hot chili, orange, papaya, garden cress, peach, garlic, pineapple, green bean, raspberry, lettuce, strawberry, onion, tomato, radish, tangerine, spinach, turnip, watermelon, cucumber, and zucchini. The thought is giving me the shivers.
3. Experts agree that when you digest food there are calories that are spent digesting food. This is called as the thermo-genic nature of food. However it’s really difficult to calculate exactly how much energy you spend while eating these foods and when.

I’m not going to lie to you. The diet sounds really attractive and its panders to every inveterate dieter’s deepest insecurities. The diet says that you can eat all you want to lose weight but that’s not going to be true. So eat sensibly and you’re more likely to be happy and healthy.

The top list of worst foods!

Is there a specific type of food which can make you put on a lot of weight? Or do you feel tempted to eat more and more when you see a particular type of food? There are several types of popular food items which we know we should not eat but still do! Simply because they taste so good! But eating these types of food can raise your blood cholesterol levels, your blood pressure and your waistline while simply draining your health and your wallet.

So without any further ado, here is the listing of worst foods you should totally avoid when you are on a diet!

1. Chips and dips- Lets be frank. When we eat chips we want the dip. And most dips are havens of high-calorie creams, oils, salt and butter just designed to make you lick your fingers with glee. But unfortunately, the calorie count is just about enough to clog your arteries permanently unless you are really careful. If you are on a diet, then chips and dips are out of your menu!

2. Surprise foods- There are several types of foods which are ideal to fill you up while still not doing anything to raise your calorie intake. But unfortunately, the food combinations or preparation method can hide hidden calories which will totally destroy your calorie count for the day. For example, soups are great for you, unless they are prepared with a cream-case and have added butter which is not at all good. Oatmeal is great provided you make it with skimmed milk, sugar substitute and no added butter. Rice crispies are fine if you do not add additional amounts of peanut butter and butter to it. Popcorn is fine but don’t add toppings or flavorings. Just find out exactly what you are eating and you should avoid any hidden calorie surprises!

3. FAST food- Yes, yes I know, FAST food is just so tasty that it becomes an addiction but it’s bad, bad, bad for you! Fast food chains have now awoken to the horrible effects that fast food can do to your body and several chains are hawking low-fat and low-calorie versions of the same food. But does that really work? Not really! There are a lot of people who just don’t have the time and energy to cook and for themselves, and popping into a fast food joint at the end of the day makes great sense. You can have a steak, or a burger or a pancake or maybe Kentucky Fried Chickens meal box in a few minutes without the headache of food preparation and cleaning; but that’s the point isn’t it? You’re already over your calorie count for the entire week! Let’s not forget the high salt content and deep fried effects of fast food on our health. It’s a wonder that people are still alive in America. I would have though that almost everyone was dead or the walking dead with those calorie rich foods being eaten everyday!

But sarcasm aside, it’s not going to be easy to stick to any diet. Dieting is difficult and very tough to follow and all of us want to be thin. But unless you skip out everything like this which can cause you to crash and burn: you aren’t going to lose any weight: at least not anytime soon.