Many Fruits have Negative Calories

When considering your  metabolism, so-called negative calorie foods are a useful part of your diet. At the end of this post  you’ll find a negative calorie foods list but what exactly does  the term negative calorie mean?

Calories are units of heat and so they can’t actually be negative. When people refer to foods having  negative calories, what they mean is that the calories in the food are so few that the body uses more calories in  the process of digesting the food.

For example, water may not be a food,  but we certainly can’t survive without it. In fact,  cold water is certainly negative in calorise. It has absolutely no calories and yet our bodies have to use energy to get it to reach the temperature of our blood.  So drinking a glass of cold water will use up a few calories. But be careful not to drink too much water.  Recently someone in the UK was on a diet which advocates drinking a lot of water. Sadly she drank more than the recommended amount and died as a result. So although water is good for you, don’t get carried away.

Most foods on the negative calorie food list  have so few calories that they are quickly used up in digestion and the other activities our bodies carry out at rest.

Negative calorie foods are most attractive to anorexics. A negative calorie diet would obviously result in starvation in the long term and nutritional deficiencies can occur surprisingly quickly. The calories burnt usually come from muscle mass, and the result is debility and wasting. So if you do choose to focus on eating foods in the negative calorie food list, you must take care to do as as a part of a well balanced diet. It is essential that you get all of the nutrients you need, including protein, carbohydrates and fat.

A more healthy way to use a negative calorie diet is as a form of fasting or detox. It is something you can do for one to three days right after the Christmas season or another time when you have been eating a over-rich diet. Provided you are otherwise healthy it can be a great way to clean out the system. However it is still best to take medical advice before attempting this.

If you decide to use a negative calorie detox, keep the following points in mind:

1. It is never a good idea to eat huge quantities of one type of food, especially fruits. A lot of foods contain substances that can be damaging if consumed to excess. For example, the acid in grapefruit and pineapple can damage your stomach lining. Other foods put an excessive burden on the liver or may cause diarrhea. So try to use all the different foods in small quantities.

2. Do not spend all day eating. You will just become bloated and feel sick. If you are only doing this for a couple days, you should not feel too hungry. Plan four or five salad meals each day, and let your digestion rest at other times.

3. You will feel more satisfied if you eat slowly and chew your food thoroughly. You will also use more calories that way. So if the foods can be eaten raw, that will be more effective than cooking them. Foods like carrots and beets will also be more satisfying if you eat them grated.

4. Schedule time when you do not have any important commitments. As with fasting or any kind of detox, you may suffer some uncomfortable symptoms including headaches, tiredness, depression and irritability. If these become severe, stop the diet and see a doctor.

5. When you end the detox, plan a gradual return to normal eating.

Here is Your Negative Calorie Food List.

* Apples

* Asparagus

* Beets

* Blueberries

* Broccoli

* Cantaloupes

* Carrot

* Cauliflower

* Celery stalk

* Celery root

* Cranberries

* Cucumbers

* Eggplant

* Endives

* Garden cress

* Garlic

* Grapefruit

* Green beans

* Green cabbage

* Lamb’s lettuce

* Lemons

* Lettuce

* Onions

* Papayas

* Pineapples

* Prunes

* Radishes

* Raspberries

* Spinach

* Strawberries

* Tangerines

* Tomatoes

* Turnips

* Zucchini

Please use this  negative calorie food list wisely.

Incorporate the negative calorie food list with this diet to lose weight safely.

The idea of fat burning foods sounds fantastic, but is it really possible to eat yourself thin?

Let’s start out by defining the term “fat burning foods.” Most people are aware of the fact that one of the main ways to shift those extra pounds is to eat fewer calories than we use up during the course of a day. But despite knowing this, most people who have tried to lose weight have failed.

What are Fat Burning Foods?

Fat burning foods are foods which use up more calories than they contain. So what this actually means is that you will have to burn even more calories in the process of digesting these foods. However, you need to be aware that fat burning foods do not provide a magic solution to weight problems. So it is important to use them as part of a healthy eating plan.

A lot of the foods which burn fat have got a bad name because they have been associated with fad diets such as the cabbage soup diet and grapefruit diet. This is because these diets focus on one food rather than introducing fat burning foods as part of a healthy diet. Fad diets also tend to focus on eating few calories which is not a good long term plan.

If you eat very little over a long period, you will lose weight but your body will adapt to the lower calorific intake and this will mean that you end up putting on weight. So your efforts will have been in vain.

Which Foods are Fat Burning Foods?

Some of the vegetables which are fat burners and can increase your metabolic rate are carrots, leeks, cabbage and celery.

Many fruits are also fat burning and amongst these are peaches, oranges, apples blueberries, blackberries and mangoes.

Spices make a great addition to your list of fat burning foods and of course will add tons of flavour to your food. You can use garlic, ginger and peppers. Garlic has been well documented for its effect on health. It has both antiseptic and antibiotic qualities as well as tasting great. And if you really like your food hot and spicy, throw in some chili and cayenne peppers which will also kick in to burn fat.

It’s not only vegetables and fruit which burn fat, lean protein is another good fat burner and you will find it in lean meat, fish and poultry.

Use foods that burn fat along with sensible eating guidelines and you will be able to create a good fat burning diet which will speed up your weight loss.

Examples of how you could introduce fat burning foods into your diet are eating lean meat or chicken with lots of green vegetables. You can also drink grapefruit juice before some of your meals and even have the occasional bowl of cabbage soup if you like it.

Discover a doable diet which allows you to eat your favourite foods. Include fat burning foods to make it even more effective.

Fat burning foods have been talked about a lot recently,  but what is a fat burning diet and will it help you lose weight?

Foods which burn fat are simply foods which use up more calories than they provide and so can help with a weight loss diet or exercise plan.  Ho can you combine them effectively with a good diet?  Read on if you’d like to discover how I managed to lose 7 lbs in just a few weeks.

Which foods are part of a fat burning diet?

Some of the foods which can be considered too be fat burning foods are: ginger, cinnamon, peppers and garlic; certain vegetables such as green beans, leeks, onions, pumpkin, red cabbage and turnips; fruits such as apples, apricots, raspberries and strawberries. So incorporating these foods into your daily diet will certainly help. but you can’t live on just fruit and vegetables.  What is the best and easiest diet if you want to lose weight and keep it off?

A few months ago, I read a review of the Every Other Day Diet. I didn’t buy it, but I decided to try out the basic method, since I’m not overweight, but wanted to shift a  few extra pounds which had crept on and meant I couldn’t fit into some of my jeans.

I lost around 7 lbs in few weeks. I was really pleased and surprised as I had been trying to get rid of those extra pounds for quite a while but had previously had no success. And not only that, it was very easy. I simply cut down on my food intake at the weekends and ate fairly normally for most of the week, usually eating a bit less on a couple of weekdays.  I aso eat plenty of fat burning foods, especially green vegetables and ginger and garlic.

So what is the EODD?  The basic idea in the diet is that you should eat different amounts on different days, which make a lot of sense. Most people who are trying to lose weight are aware of the fact that if you reduce your intake of calories for a long time, this will have an effect on your metabolism, meaning that your body expects fewer calories and so adapts to the fact that you are eating less. Which of course, leads to putting on wieght again.

Jon Benson, the guy who created the program, explains that this is because our ancestors ate very differently from us and also did not sit down to three regular meals a day. Sometimes there was plenty of food and then there were days when there was very little. So our bodies were used to eating very different amounts.  This means that you won’t slow down your metabolism, as you would if you ate fewer calories every single day for weeks or months many diets say you should.

So a fat burning diet is really a sensible diet which includes a good selection of fat burning foods. Since most of them are fruit and vegetables that means a healthy, varied diet and you can spice it up with ginger, garlic and other herbs and spices, which will not only help burn fat, but are also good for your general health.

With the EODD, you can actually eat what you want,- even the not so healthy stuff  – but that doesn’t mean you can eat your favourite foods in huge quantities and you will have to be disciplined. My own version of it worked for me, but I didn’t have a lot of weight to lose.To lose more, you would probably need to follow all the rules.

So if you are looking for a fat burning diet and would like to read more about the EODD, go to this page Every Other Day Diet

One of the most surprising benefits I’ve discovered for being engaged to a gal from the Middle East, other than the vast cultural exchange, is the cooking.

Oh, yes ladies… my gal COOKS!

Which is good since I am a lousy cook. : )

Hanna enjoys it… and she brings a Middle Eastern flair to some really boring fitness/bodybuilding foods that I want to share with you today.

Here’s just two quick tips from Hanna on making the ultimate in “boring” foods — egg whites and tuna (yuck) — taste incredible.

TIP 1:
Lively Egg White Omelette

Let’s face facts: Egg whites suck. At least that’s what I USED to think until Hanna decided to experiment with my morning omelette.

Now I eat this stuff like it was candy.

Here’s what she does:

1. She cooks the veggies separate from the egg whites. You’d think this would be common sense, but I never did it and I’ve seen a lot of people just toss it all in together.

2. Add 1/2 teaspoon of olive oil with 1/2 teaspoon of coconut oil to the veggies. This alone improved the taste tremendously.

3. Add 1/2 egg yolk to the veggies after cooking for 1 minute. This, again, is primarily for taste.

4. Garlic! If you love garlic, here’s your chance. Garlic ROCKS in egg white omelets.

5. Use Pam or another non-stick spray for the egg whites and cook them like you would a normal omelette. Then pour the almost-cooked veggies in the middle. Do the omelette dance.

6. Here’s the SECRET SAUCE… literally. This will sound nuts until you try it:

Shrimp Cocktail Sauce

Okay… Hanna’s bright, but this was an accident. She thought it was salsa. But I’ve NEVER gone back to salsa after stumbling on this incredible treat! I have no idea why it tastes so good, but it makes the omelette.

Try these tips and see if your egg white omelette doesn’t become your favorite meal of the day.

TIP 2:
Canned Tuna Extraordinaire

Again, I have the lovely Hanna to thank for this.

Like egg whites, I used to HATE canned tuna. Now, again, I can eat this every night without complaint.

Here’s what she does:

She cooks the veggies the same way as in the omelette above and then pours the tuna from the can into a skillet. That’s IT.

I’ve never had “tuna ala skillet” before… and I have no clue why this tastes so smooth and delicious, but it does.

If you hate canned tuna for being dry or tasteless, try this. You’ll never go back.

If you want 40 pages of recipes like this… very yummy and VERY healthy… then be sure to pick up my EODD “Favorite Foods” Dieplan.

Here’s more about it:

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Remember:
Don’t Quit. Get Fit!

P.S. Most of the recipes that come with my EODD book can be prepared in 15 minutes or less… so do not let the clock become your enemy when it comes to getting lean!

And remember: You can eat your favorite foods several days per week on my plan and still get rid of excess bodyweight.

Why give up living when you don’t have to, right? : )

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Scott Colby, CPT just interviewed me recently for “Fit Pros Against Cancer.” My job: Help give away a TON of free fitness information to his listeners as they called into the show.

And I think I did a pretty good job.

You tell me… ; )

Here’s what we cover in just about 30 minutes…

1. How much fat can you burn (and inches can you lose) in just 6 days?…
2. How to make fatloss “easier” (not ‘easy’… but easier!)…
3. What to do about perimenopause and menopause stress and the fat-gain that comes with it… AND…
4. The “Stress-Free” dietplan for women who fight the “pooch” or who are going through perimenopause or menopause!
5. Is exercise worthless if you sit down while you work?…
6. What about fitness for “seniors”?… Can you gain muscle and shed fat past the age of 60?
7. An inhome exercise that lasts 7 minutes but that can increase the lifespan of women by up to 60%! …
8. The shocking truth about whole grains and disease…
9. The “myth” of shaping/building muscle AND dropping bodyfat at the same time… hear the TRUTH about this once and for all! …
10. How you can have your cake (literally!) and eat it too (i.e. get all the fatburning benefits while still enjoying desserts)…
11. How to “reboot” your key fatburning hormone using nothing more than the food in your refrigerator!…
12. This freee substance uses 90% or more of your calories… and you need more of it… find out what it is!…
13. The “Food Purist” versus the “Food Rebel”… which one are you?…
14. The one thing you can to TODAY without hardly any effort to improve your appearance and your health!…
15. 2 simple exercises you can do at work to remove back strain and improve your abs (yes… ABS!)…
16. Why the “baby boomer” generation is literally being left out of most fitness plans… and a plan that’s perfectly suited for all boomers!…
17. The 1 trick I use to workout without nagging injuries! …
18. Why exrercise decreases 1 critical sex-hormone… and what you can do to prevent it (even increase it!) …
19. The importance of strength over the age of 30 (it’s not what you think… and it’s VITAL!) …
20. And more!

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Several recent studies have pointed to the validity of doing very short cardio sessions (10 minutes) several times a day as being as beneficial… or even better… than one longer session. I agree, assuming you do some form of interval work in your cardio sessions. In fact, unless you want to drop a lot of bodyfat, you can get by with one 9-minute session a day if you do it right.

Quick Start: Try three super-short sessions with at least a 2-3 minute higher-intensity ‘burst’ in the middle. You do not have to go to the gym to do this. You can do this by walking stairs, stepping up and down on a low platform, or even walking outside. Let’s face it: 10 minutes is a lot easier on the brain than 30 minutes… and just as good.

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One of the biggest myths out there is the myth that eating healthy costs too much.

Just the opposite… and I’ll prove it to you in three ways.

#1: Cash

Here’s some sample figures courtesy of my friend Scott Tousignant’s fitness blog…

2 medium size sweet potatoes $1 or… small fries from a fast food joint

2 red peppers $1 or… a can of pop

Bowl of oatmeal with fruit & protein powder $2 or… large bag of chips

6 Chicken Breasts $10 or… a sub combo from a fast food joint

18 eggs $3.50 or… a burger from a fast food joint

2 salmon fillets $15 or… large pizza

Loaded chicken salad (homemade) $3 or… bag of cookies

Large bag of oatmeal $3.50 or… 4 chocolate bars

Not much of a comparison, it is?

Yet the foods on the left would feed a family of two or more for 4-7 days… the foods on the right? 2-3 days if you live through it.

Tips to make the most expensive part of eating healthy — the cost of quality meats — go further include…

1. Use tofu fillers in chicken and beef recipes. Even if you hate tofu, you can barely taste the difference when combined properly.

2. Buy your meats in bulk online. You can find less expensive grass-fed beef and naturally-raised chicken and have it delivered to you if you live near a large city. If not, check the local farmers.

3. Eat meat only 3-4 times per week and use black beans with rice or inexpensive tuna for your other days. I eat tuna cooked in a skillet with lots of veggies and some olive oil almost every night and I LOVE the taste!

My book The Every Other Day Diet has over 40 pages of recipes in it to help you eat healthy and cheap… and you can still eat out and consume your favorite foods several times per week.

#2: Your Health

Do we ‘really’ need to talk about buy new (usually larger) clothes every year or two? Or about the health care costs associated with being even 20 pounds over your ideal weight, let alone more? How about the time you miss from work with excessive colds?

Eating healthy and taking care of your body adds years to your life… and for the record, the years eating poorly takes away from your life, on average, costs each American over 80,000 in medical expenses.

Want to add that to your food budget?

#3: The Big Picture

Anyone who has been fit knows the joy it brings… the freedom you feel from wearing whatever you want… the productivity you see from increased energy… the pace at which you move during the day.

Not only are these gifts priceless, but they are also massive cash-savers. Your productivity alone can add thousands to your bottom line each year, well off-setting any costs associated with eating quality food.

The Bottom Line…

Like any good accountant would suggest, you need to look at your ROI (return on investment) if nothing else.

What does investing in a better body, greater health, and vibrant energy do for your life? How can that actually translate into more income AND less expense?

You will be surprised.

Remember:
Don’t Quit. Get Fit!

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Caution:

This sounds like a silly question, but it’s really the most important question you can ask:

“What REALLY makes me increase my bodyfat?”

Is it too many calories? Sure. That’s one part. But I know people who can eat 4-5K calories a day and not add an ounce.

Is it dietary fat? Rarely if ever.

Fat is necessary to melt bodyfat. It is true that fat has more calories per gram than protein or carbs, but let’s look at this logically:

40% protein; 40% carbs; 20% fat = 40% fat; 40% protein; 20% carbs

So… no. Increasing your dietary fat does not mean you’ll get fatter…

UNLESS… ready?

Your insulin levels are too high.

Elevated insulin is not only the prime cause of diabetes and a sign of being hypoglycemic, but it’s also the prime numero uno reason people get fat.

And insulin is stimulated most by too many carbohydrates… even the so-called “healthy carbs!”

HOWEVER… ready again?

You can still eat carbs… you do not need a “low-carb” dietplan every day in order to keep your insulin and bodyfat low.

You just have to know what TIME to eat the carbs.

There’s a time and place for everything and carbs are no exception.

I have a presentation here that tells you more about how important timing is and how you can eat your carbs (even sweets) and shed bodyfat…

… here:

The EODD System <--carb-friendly dietplan

That being said:

If I had to cut one thing out of my diet for 1-4 days it would definitely be carbs.

I need fat… fat helps melt bodyfat… and I have trained my body to use its own fat-stores for fuel.

( See how on the linked-page above )

I DEFINITELY need protein… and so do you.

Protein speeds up thermogenesis, or your body’s own fat-burning heat factory.

Protein also blunts your appetite so you naturally eat less.

Some carbs are healthy… and I do not recommend you cut out low-sugar fruits and green veggies… you need that stuff.

But you don’t need grains, breads, etc.

At least for a few days.

THEN… you need them… but only after you do two things.

Find out more here:

The EODD System <--carb-friendly dietplan

Remember: Don’t Quit. Get Fit!

P.S. My favorite “Feed Meal” (that’s what I call meals where I eat a lot of calories and carbs) is this:

Small serving of protein (1/2 my normal serving size) like chicken, tuna, etc.

Brown rice or baked potato

Slice of pecan pie (or Key Lime pie… yum.)

Then later that day I’ll have a few slices of New York-style pizza.

The next day I’m LEANER. It never fails.

The only time this can fail is if you do not set your body UP to receive these carbs and some junk food.

I call this my “Real World Favorite Foods Dietplan.” That’s not the name of my System but it could be! That’s exactly what it is.

I love it… so will you…

The EODD System <--carb-friendly dietplan

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