The phrase negative calorie food is used to refer to foods that require more energy to digest than they provide nutritionally. Although no food can actually have negative calories, some foods provide extremely few. If these foods require more energy than they provide to digest, the effect of consuming them results in a net energy loss.Low nutrient, high cellulose foods like celery are generally agreed to consume slightly more energy to digest than they provide nutritionally. These foods may be consumed within a weight-loss diet to potentially relieve the feeling of hunger without contributing to total caloric intake. Limiting a diet to only these foods could result in malnutrition.There are claims that some foods require more energy than others to digest, but there is currently no evidence to support this. Many vegetables and fruits promoted as "negative calorie" contain more calories than are consumed in digestion, but they may have a low amount of calories relative to the amount of satiation they provide. References^ Urban Legends Reference Pages: Celery and Negative Calories

While the name of this diet plan may be a little alarming to some, do not be concerned as it is one of the latest diets to hit the market, and one which has been scientifically shown to actually work. The Negative Calorie Diet is built around a surprisingly large food list which actually shows you the foods which require more calories to ......

The process of digesting food burns calories, so what if you ate foods which took more calories to digest than your body gets from them?

Here is my review of The Negative Calorie Diet, a weight loss program based on eating food that requires your body to burn calories as your body processes these foods through your digestive system, thus burning more calories than the actual calorie content of the food itself! Stored body fat is burnt as a source of energy for digesting your food!

A list of foods that require more calories to digest than they contain. So if you are a 'larger-sized' geek the next time you are feeling peckish, instead of reaching for the bag of Doritos, try one of the foods listed here. Chances are pretty good that you will enjoy at least one of them.