- Negative-calorie foods are foods with a low glycemic index (do not raise blood sugar quickly) and high dietary fiber. What distinguishes these foods is that in order for the body to be able to burn them, it needs more calories than the calories provided by these foods, and therefore they are called negative calories.
- From vegetables:-
- Green beans, beets, leeks, lettuce, spinach, celery, radishes and carrots..
- From fruits:-
- Apples, all kinds of berries, grapefruit...
- From spices and herbs:
- Cinnamon, cloves, chili pepper, coriander, flax seeds, garlic, ginger, onion and parsley…
- To maintain or lose weight, these foods must be eaten in balanced meals containing proteins, healthy fats and complex carbohydrates to suit each individual’s needs. It must be consumed in sufficient quantities during the day.
- Negative-calorie diet.. Can you really lose weight by eating more food?
- Is it a new lie in the world of diets?
- To date, there is not a single scientific study confirming the effectiveness of the negative-calorie diet. ......
- The negative-calorie diet relies mainly on vegetables and fruits that are high in water and fiber. In addition to their low calorie content, these foods help you feel full and leave no room in your stomach to eat a fatty hamburger. In addition, it is rich in vitamins and minerals that are important for a healthy body. Therefore, it is natural that this diet will help you lose weight, because the calories you eat are less than what your body needs to perform its daily functions, so it begins to burn calories stored in the form of fat. But simply eating these foods and abandoning the rest of the nutrients may not be a completely healthy diet.
- Only eating low-calorie foods such as fruits and vegetables, and giving up eating other foods rich in protein and nutritious fats, may deprive you of many important nutrients. Vitamin B12 is at the top of the list, a deficiency of which leads to anemia, loss of concentration, headaches, fatigue, and depression. This diet may also cause a deficiency of calcium, which is necessary for building and healthy bones, and iron, which is important in the formation of red blood cells. Abstaining from eating fats may also affect the absorption of vitamins A, D, E, and K, which depend for their absorption on the presence of fats in the meal.
- In addition to the previous harms, eating a low-calorie diet to this extent may lead to adverse results. The study published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition found that limiting calorie intake may lead to adverse results in terms of weight loss for athletes who want to obtain an athletic body shape and improve Their motor efficiency. The body resists this lack of calories by manipulating hormones with the aim of maintaining weight and not losing more, which ultimately leads to weight stability.
- To obtain the benefits of these low-calorie foods, you must not only eat them alone, but rather integrate them into an integrated health system that contains protein, healthy fats, and carbohydrates as well, in addition to drinking plenty of water.
May you stay in good health..............................
- Nutritionist / Saad Ismail