the reality is not the same as the theory

Ever heard of the Negative Calorie Diet? Well, like hundreds of other diets with catchy names and too good to be true theories there isn't really much substance to it. The idea which is promoted by the Negative Calorie Diet is that certain foods are so low in calories that the energy expended by the digestive system in processing them is more than their calorie count.  Therefore the more you eat of these foods the more weight you will lose.

It all sounds so simple and easy however the reality is not the same as the theory. Firstly there is no independent clinical evidence to show that the Negative Calorie Diet actually works and in any case if you were to only consume negative calorie foods all day you would be constantly drained and tired as well as setting yourself up for health problems.

Negative Calorie Diet foods include things like celery [yum yum], asparagus, pineapples, papaya, cabbage and most fruits and vegetables. It is pretty obvious that if you stick to these types of food you are going to lose weight but whether they actually act as overall "calorie burners" is pretty doubtful.

The problem that we have with the Negative Calorie Diet is that overweight people will seize upon the list of negative calorie foodstuffs and somehow believe that because they ate five grapefruits they are somehow burning calories and therefore it's OK for them to have a Big Mac and fries.

We are all for healthy eating at Ukmedix News and we are aware that practically every clinical study ever done on diet shows that fruit and vegetables are lower in calories and full of healthy nutrients, but the idea that they actually make you lose weight all on their own as if they are some sort of magic diet pill stretches the boundaries of common sense, and as we have often said common sense is an essential weight loss tool.