Does celery really have negative calories?!


Question: Many foods, celery included, have what is considered to be "negative calories". This means that your body uses more energy (calories) to digest the food than the food itself contains. Lots of fiber rich fruits and veggies have this benefit. Citrus fruits, lettuce,celery etc...


Answers: Many foods, celery included, have what is considered to be "negative calories". This means that your body uses more energy (calories) to digest the food than the food itself contains. Lots of fiber rich fruits and veggies have this benefit. Citrus fruits, lettuce,celery etc...

Celery is a negative food...

It contains calories, but it takes more calories than it provides to eat.

absolutely not. there is no asuch thing as food with negative calories, think about it. unless you are eating it and throwing up twice the amount you ate. Nothing you put in your mouth will have negative calories. Celery is 99% water as is many vegetables....

yes it burns calories to digest it.. the same with lettuce it doesnt burn a whole lot of calories.. its just like eating nothing though

you burn more calories in eating celery than you gain from the actual celery as it has like no calories in i think and you burn a few by actually eating it, how great is that!

whaaaaat why wasnt i informed of this??
*eats 10 kgs of celery*
omg im like totally thin now!!

nah i dont think it does i just think its not got alot of calories as its mostly water

yeah because u chew away what u get from it

Nutrition Facts
Calories 1(Kilojoules 2)

% DV**
Total Fat 0.0 g 0%
Sat. Fat 0.0 g 0%
Cholesterol 0 mg 0%
Sodium 3 mg 0%
Total Carbs. 0.1 g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0.1 g 0%
Sugars 0.1 g
Protein 0.0 g
Calcium 1.6 mg
Potassium 10.4 mg
Note: A dash indicates no data is available.





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