By now many peoples have heard about the negative calorie diet and how it can help them lose weight, keep the weight off and generally live a happier and healthier life. In addition to that, recent lab studies have shown the possibility that using a negative calorie diet can also help with slowing the aging process.
With all of the things going for it the one thing it doesn't have is an easy understanding of what exactly a negative calorie diet consists of and what foods are involved that can produce negative calorie results. The very basics of it is that it is a diet that consists of foods are harder to digest, thus, making your body expend more energy in the process of digestion.
To top it off the amount of calories that are burned off during the processing of these foods is far greater than the number of calories the foods themselves contain. Thus, by eating harder to digest foods with low calories one is able to burn more calories than they bring into their body.
Keep in mind that no food actually contains negative calories, it is simply the term referred to a food that burns more calories in the digestion process than it contains. The majority of the foods that work well with this diet are fruits and vegetables. Below you will find some of the more common items that fit into these categories.
Common 'Negative Calorie' Fruits
Apricots, Mandarin oranges, Blackberries, Melon Cantaloupes, Blackcurrant Peaches, Plums, Damsons, Raspberries, Grapefruit, Rhubarb, Guavas, Strawberries, Honeydew Melons, Tangerines, Lemons and Watermelons.
Common 'Negative Calorie' Vegetables
Asparagus, Fennel, Aubergine, Gourds, Broccolis, Leek, Cabbage, Lettuce, Carrots, Marrow, Cauliflowers, Peppers, Celery, Radishes, Chicory, Spinach, Cress, Tomatoes, Cucumbers and Turnips.
It is important that once a person starts himself or herself on a negative calorie diet that they are careful to ensure their body is getting the nutrients it needs. There are certain vitamins and minerals the body needs that aren't always provided by the common foods on would intake for this kind of diet.
To supplement your diet and ensure you are getting what the body needs it is recommended to include foods on your menu that contain at least some amounts of proteins and fats.
Another caveat a person should be aware is that while instituting a negative calorie diet into their lifestyle, they should never forego getting a healthy amount of exercise. The combination of the two will become a powerhouse to helping you lose weight.
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Monday, February 12, 2007
Tired of Weight Loss Scams?
Every day we are bomabarded by images of beautiful celebrities who seem to achieved impossibly perfect figures. How do they do it? With expensive personal trainers, gormet food home delivery and deluxe spa treatments. Well what about those of us who don't have the time and money to spend on indulging in the lastest $1000 per month spa foods delivery or spend two hours a day at budokon class? In other words, wouldn't it be nice to lose a ton of weight with minimal effort? No tough exercise program, just you relaxing at home watching the pounds fall off. I, for one, have been searching for a program like that FOREVER! I've spent hundreds, (at this point probably thousands of dollars), testing out all those new fad diets and weight loss pills only to be disapointed again and again.
Whether its the South Beath, Atkins, Zone, Hoodia suppliments, cortisol, green tea supplements, grapefruit supplements, we've seen all the fantastic claims that people have made about losing tons of weight, and they show you how you can do the same thing. I can tell you right now that 99% of these people are total frauds. You may have even fallen prey to one of these scam artists, selling you their lastest "lose weight fast" programs. Me too. I've bought so many of these programs that I can't even recall how many. I don't know why, but I tend to find the "good" in people, and I was "sold" by these marketing schemes time and time again, even after being scammed by another. Finally, after so many disappointments, I got FED UP! I was tired of yo yo dieting. I wanted to lose weight and keep it off.
So I did some serious investigation as to what programs were frauds and which ones weren't. Essentially, we all know that in order to lose weight you need to expend more calories than you intake. Well, sounds easy enough, but whether its becuase of emotional overeating or lack of physical activity, most of us can't manage. So then I started looking into a couple of programs that made sense biologically. I looked for programs that had a staff on hand to answer any questions that I had and to support me in my weight loss goals. After much trial and error, I finally found a few programs that I now believe in. If you're tired of supplements and drugs and you don't want to screw up your metabolism then I suggest you give these programs a try.
I've now lost a little over ten pounds in the last month and pretty much reached my weight loss goal. I finally now feel "celebrity skinny" and I guess I just wanted to let people know that there are programs out there that work and not to give up trying to reach your weight loss goals. You can look as good as you want to. Below are the three that I recommend. I know that they were both having a Valentine's Day special the last time I looked, so check them out today!
Good Luck!
Here are 3 programs I recommend:
Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle
Fat Loss '4' Idiots
The Negative Calorie Diet
Whether its the South Beath, Atkins, Zone, Hoodia suppliments, cortisol, green tea supplements, grapefruit supplements, we've seen all the fantastic claims that people have made about losing tons of weight, and they show you how you can do the same thing. I can tell you right now that 99% of these people are total frauds. You may have even fallen prey to one of these scam artists, selling you their lastest "lose weight fast" programs. Me too. I've bought so many of these programs that I can't even recall how many. I don't know why, but I tend to find the "good" in people, and I was "sold" by these marketing schemes time and time again, even after being scammed by another. Finally, after so many disappointments, I got FED UP! I was tired of yo yo dieting. I wanted to lose weight and keep it off.
So I did some serious investigation as to what programs were frauds and which ones weren't. Essentially, we all know that in order to lose weight you need to expend more calories than you intake. Well, sounds easy enough, but whether its becuase of emotional overeating or lack of physical activity, most of us can't manage. So then I started looking into a couple of programs that made sense biologically. I looked for programs that had a staff on hand to answer any questions that I had and to support me in my weight loss goals. After much trial and error, I finally found a few programs that I now believe in. If you're tired of supplements and drugs and you don't want to screw up your metabolism then I suggest you give these programs a try.
I've now lost a little over ten pounds in the last month and pretty much reached my weight loss goal. I finally now feel "celebrity skinny" and I guess I just wanted to let people know that there are programs out there that work and not to give up trying to reach your weight loss goals. You can look as good as you want to. Below are the three that I recommend. I know that they were both having a Valentine's Day special the last time I looked, so check them out today!
Good Luck!
Here are 3 programs I recommend:
Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle
Fat Loss '4' Idiots
The Negative Calorie Diet
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Weight Loss and the Negative Calorie Diet
Weight gain is caused by your calorie intake exceeding your calorie expenditure. If you could reverse this equation, then you would lose weight and have a negative calorie balance in your body. To achieve weight loss, what if you could eat negative calorie food? Negative calorie food is not a reality as all food contains calories. Negative calorie foods are those low in calories and that burn more calories during digestion than the calories contained in the food. The body has to work harder to extract the calories from these kinds of foods.
So as you might guess some one has created a negative calorie diet. The thought process behind the Negative Calorie diet is eating catabolic food, which is just a fancy word for negative calories. This diet is a dream come true because the more of these foods you eat, the more weight you lose. When combined with moderate exercise and other diet supplements, this is a win-win situation.
People using the negative calorie diet are eating and drinking foods that are full of nutrition, but are from the list of those having the negative caloric results. Remember any diet (be it negative calorie foods or not) is designed to reduce weight and body fat. Even though this diet plan is design for weight loss, it also will result in increased energy and longer life. The digestion process is the keystone of the Negative Calorie diet, so don't upset it! It takes longer periods of time for proper digestion of these foods.
Raw fruits and vegetables can always be found on a list of weight loss diet foods. The negative calorie foods contained in this diet are mostly fruits and vegetables which should be eaten raw. It also encourages eating five to six times a day keeping your body's metabolism maxed out. You can eat these foods until you are full at each meal and not worry about calories. Use them as part of a balanced diet and always respect the food pyramid.
So what are these magic food and vegetables? Here is a short list: Fruits:Apples, Apricots, Blueberries, Blackberries, Grapefruit, Peaches, Strawberries Vegetables: Broccoli, Carrots, Celery, Cucumber, Lettuce, Zucchini
Talk about a simple diet, eating foods that we know are good for us and delicious. If you stick to it you can have an average loss of about a pound per week due to a negative calorie intake of about 3500 calories. So in a little over ten weeks you can lose ten pounds. This article is by no means an all inclusive discussion of diet, so always make sure to check with you physician before changing your diet. Good luck and good health.
Simon Volk has been a contributing author for websites and is an acknowledged expert in the field of health and fitness. He can be found on the internet at the website:
Health Fitness Articles Health Fitness Exercise
La weight loss program
So as you might guess some one has created a negative calorie diet. The thought process behind the Negative Calorie diet is eating catabolic food, which is just a fancy word for negative calories. This diet is a dream come true because the more of these foods you eat, the more weight you lose. When combined with moderate exercise and other diet supplements, this is a win-win situation.
People using the negative calorie diet are eating and drinking foods that are full of nutrition, but are from the list of those having the negative caloric results. Remember any diet (be it negative calorie foods or not) is designed to reduce weight and body fat. Even though this diet plan is design for weight loss, it also will result in increased energy and longer life. The digestion process is the keystone of the Negative Calorie diet, so don't upset it! It takes longer periods of time for proper digestion of these foods.
Raw fruits and vegetables can always be found on a list of weight loss diet foods. The negative calorie foods contained in this diet are mostly fruits and vegetables which should be eaten raw. It also encourages eating five to six times a day keeping your body's metabolism maxed out. You can eat these foods until you are full at each meal and not worry about calories. Use them as part of a balanced diet and always respect the food pyramid.
So what are these magic food and vegetables? Here is a short list: Fruits:Apples, Apricots, Blueberries, Blackberries, Grapefruit, Peaches, Strawberries Vegetables: Broccoli, Carrots, Celery, Cucumber, Lettuce, Zucchini
Talk about a simple diet, eating foods that we know are good for us and delicious. If you stick to it you can have an average loss of about a pound per week due to a negative calorie intake of about 3500 calories. So in a little over ten weeks you can lose ten pounds. This article is by no means an all inclusive discussion of diet, so always make sure to check with you physician before changing your diet. Good luck and good health.
Simon Volk has been a contributing author for websites and is an acknowledged expert in the field of health and fitness. He can be found on the internet at the website:
Health Fitness Articles Health Fitness Exercise
La weight loss program
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