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A '''negative calorie food''' is a food that requires more [[food energy]] to be [[digestion|digested]] than it provides. That is, its [[thermic effect]] – the caloric "cost" of digesting the food – is greater than its food energy content. The thermic effect is scientifically called specific dynamic action. |
A '''negative calorie food''' is a food that requires more [[food energy]] to be [[digestion|digested]] than it provides. That is, its [[thermic effect]] – the caloric "cost" of digesting the food – is greater than its food energy content. The thermic effect is scientifically called specific dynamic action. sezy sexWhile this concept is popular in dieting guides, there is no scientific evidence that any of the foods claimed as negative calorie foods are such. |
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Some soft drinks are erroneously advertised as having "negative calories". The only truly negative calorie beverage is ice water, which has no calories but requires the body to expend a very small amount of energy to raise the liquid to body temperature.<ref name=denileon2009 /> |
Some soft drinks are erroneously advertised as having "negative calories". The only truly negative calorie beverage is ice water, which has no calories but requires the body to expend a very small amount of energy to raise the liquid to body temperature.<ref name=denileon2009 /> |
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Revision as of 15:34, 22 November 2013
A negative calorie food is a food that requires more food energy to be digested than it provides. That is, its thermic effect – the caloric "cost" of digesting the food – is greater than its food energy content. The thermic effect is scientifically called specific dynamic action. sezy sexWhile this concept is popular in dieting guides, there is no scientific evidence that any of the foods claimed as negative calorie foods are such.
Some soft drinks are erroneously advertised as having "negative calories". The only truly negative calorie beverage is ice water, which has no calories but requires the body to expend a very small amount of energy to raise the liquid to body temperature.[1]
Foods
Foods that are claimed to be negative in calories are mostly low-calorie fruits and vegetables such as celery, grapefruit, lemon, lime, apple, lettuce, broccoli and cabbage.[2] There is no scientific evidence to show that any of these foods have a negative calorific impact.[3][4] Celery has a thermic effect of around 8%, much less than the 100% or more required for a food to have "negative calories". A stalk of celery provides 6 calories to the body, but the body expends only half of a single calorie digesting it.[2][5] Even proteins, which require the most energy to digest, only have a thermic energy of 20%–30%.[2]
Diets based on negative calorie food do not work as advertised, but can lead to weight loss because they satisfy hunger by filling the stomach with food that has a lower calorie count per volume.[2]
Beverages
Soft drinks advertised as being "zero-calorie" actually contain some calories, and take fewer calories to process within the body than the amount they provide. Moreover, such drinks do not offer the dietary sustenance that other so-called negative calorie foods do in the form of fiber, carbohydrates or vitamins, and as such are not generally regarded as being negative calorie.[5]: 84 Ice cold water is the only beverage that could be called a "negative calorie" beverage.[5]: 84 Cold water will expend a greater number of calories because the body has to warm the liquid to body temperature, although a single glass of ice water at 0°C would only burn 8.8 kcal. Drinking one such glass a day, it would take a person over a year to lose a single pound of weight.[1]
In February 2007 the watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest sued The Coca-Cola Company and Nestlé S.A. for falsely advertising that their diet soda Enviga was a "negative calorie".[6] The settlement required that any announcement of "negative" calories, burning of calories, etc., had to be accompanied by a disclosure that weight loss only happens if you also diet and exercise.[7] See more details in Enviga#Lawsuits_over_health_claims.
See also
References
- ^ a b De Nileon, Gay Porter (2009). Plain Talk About Drinking Water: Answers to Your Questions About the Water You Drink. American Water Works Association. p. 4. ISBN 9781583217429.
- ^ a b c d Marion Nestle; Malden Nesheim (18 April 2012). Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics. University of California Press. pp. 189–190. ISBN 978-0-520-26288-1. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
What are these magic foods? Just the low-calorie, high-nutrient-density fruits and vegetables that you might expect to be recommended to someone who is dieting: celery, grapefruit, lemon, lime, apple, lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, and other such items.
- ^ Snyderman, Dr. Nancy (May. 06, 2009). "There Are No Negative-Calorie Foods - Debunking 10 Myths About Dieting". Time.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Shepphird, Sari Fine (2009). "Question 74". 100 Questions & Answers About Anorexia Nervosa. Jones & Bartlett. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-7637-5450-1.
- ^ a b c Upton, Julie (October 2008). "Global Metabolism Myths". Prevention. 10 (60). Rodale Inc.: 84,88. ISSN 0032-8006. google books copy of the issue
- ^ Sources for CSPI's lawsuit:
- Burt Helm (January 31, 2007), Coke and Nestle Hit with a Lawsuit for 'Negative Calories'
- "'Calorie Burning' Enviga Tea Drink a Fraud, Group Says. CSPI to Sue Coke, Nestlé if Weight Loss Claims Persist", CSPI, December 4, 2006
- "Watchdog Group Sues Coke, Nestlé For Bogus "Enviga" Claims. Green Tea-Flavored Diet Soda Won't Help You Lose Weight, Despite Claims of "Negative Calories"", CSPI, February 1, 2007
- ^ US Fed News Service, Including US State News (February 28, 2009), Attorney General Announces Settlement Resolving Weight Loss, Calorie-burning Claims About Enviga (requires registration)
External links
- Does Drinking Ice Water Burn Calories?, chow.com