Negative Calorie Foods

Negative Calorie Foods are those foods that require more energy (calories) to digest than what the food item actually contains.

Some common negative calorie foods (in alphabetical order):

1. apples*
2. asparagus*
3. beets*
4. broccoli*
5. carrots*
6. cauliflower*
7. celery root
8. chicory
9. chili peppers
10. cranberries
11. cucumbers*
12. endive
13. garlic*
14. grapefruit
15. green beans
16. green cabbage*
17. lemons*
18. lettuce
19. mangos*
20. onions*
21. oranges*
22. papaya
23. pineapple*
24. radishes
25. raspberries
26. spinach*
27. strawberries*
28. tangerines
29. turnips
30. zucchini*

*personal and family favorites. We consume most of these things on a daily basis. Writing this helped me to realize just how healthy I/we do eat. I definitely feel better about my diet and will make sure that our house is stocked weekly with the foods on this list.