No Calorie Food

[psisar]

A pregnant friend of mine has to go in for some sort of testing, and she's not allowed to eat anything with calories for 24 hours prior. I'm trying to help out by finding her something to eat, but is there a food that exists out there that has no calories?

[circlesoft]

Well, to be quite honest, I don't think so. Even Splenda has fractional amounts of calories, due to fillers like maltodextrin, etc...Well, not that artificial sweeteners are so much as food as they are chemical, but...

But, you should tell your friend to ask whoever is administering the test exactly what can be eaten. Your friend's pregnant - any extended time without food is harmful not only to her, but to her child also.

It might be better, perhaps, to postpone the test, unless her doctor believes it's totally critical...

Just my two cents.

[agent709]

Wasn't it like celery takes more energy to digest and eat then it even provides?

[Voco]

Well the pickles I ate a few minuets ago says they have no calories. But very high in sodium.

[sexyangel41388]

not sure if this is a useful post.. but maybe? much luck!

<3 glo

n]egative calorie foods
The following foods do have calories. However, it is believed by many, including doctors, that they take more calories to digest than are actually in them.


# apples
# apricots
# artichokes
# asparagus


# beet greens
# beets
# blackberries
# blueberries
# broccoli
# brussels sprouts
# buffalo fish

[c]
# cabbage
# cantaloupe
# carrots
# cauliflower
# celeriak
# celery
# cherries
# chervil
# chicory
# chinese cabbage
# chives
# clams
# cod
# corn
# crabs
# cranberries
# cucumbers
# currants
# damson plum
# dandelion greens

[e]
# eggplant
# endive

[f]
# flounder
# frogs legs

[g]
# garlic
# grapefruit
# grapes
# green beans

[h]
# honeydew
# huckleberries

[k]
# kale
# kohlrabi
# kumquats

[l]
# leeks
# lemons
# lettuce
# limes
# lobster
# loganberries

[m]
# mangoes
# mushrooms
# muskmelons
# mussels
# mustard greens

[n]
# nectarines

[o]
# okra
# onions
# oranges
# oysters

# papaya
# parsley leaves
# parsnips
# peache
# pears
# peas
# peppers
# pineapple
# pomegranates
# prunes
# pumpkin

[q]
# quince

[r]
# radishes
# raisins - *new*
# raspberries
# red cabbage
# rhubarb
# rutabagas


# salsify
# sauerkraut
# scallions
# sea bass
# shrimps
# sorrel
# spinach
# squash
# strawberries
# string beans

[t]
# tangerines
# terrapin
# tomato
# turnips


# unsweetened apple sauce - *new*

[w]
# watercress
# watermelon

[Pyrochaos]

There are three basic kinds of metabolism: the Thermic Effect of Activity (TEA), which is the rate at which you burn calories while exercising; the Thermic Effect of Feeding (TEF), which is the amount of calories you use to eat and digest; and the Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR), which is the number of calories it takes to breathe.

[Grant.]

Mussels are on there? Cause I checked my good old calorie counter and they were on there for like 130 per serving.

[banana]

I find it hard to believe that CORN is a "negative calorie" food.

[abrannan]

banana said:

I find it hard to believe that CORN is a "negative calorie" food.

Not to be crude, but have you ever looked in the toilet the day after eating corn?

[banana]

Yeah, if you eat tons of corn, then some of it will go through you. But you can certainly eat meals with corn as the major carb and calorie-provider, and your body will use those calories. For example, according to the website below, corn has a glycemic index of 56, not that much lower than white bread at 70. Something with a significant glycemic index is certainly dumping a reasonable amount of sugar into your bloodstream; not something that a "negative calorie" food would do.

www.diabetesnet.com/diabetes_food_diet/glycemic_index.php

[abrannan]

56 is a low glycemic index for food. Look at All-Bran at 51. Glucose is the basis for the scale at 100. Look at some of the other "no calorie" foods listed above on your glycemic index link. Corn is right down there, below many of the others. Corn is pretty high fiber. Fiber has a tendency to coat your intestines on it's way through, slowing the absorbtion of nutrients into your system. This keeps too many of the natural sugars from getting into your system. Certainly fewer calories worth than it takes to eat and push the corn through your system.

[banana]

Well, I suppose we can make that argument theoretically for any food that's high in fibre. But I still don't believe it. Our guts are pretty effective at absorbing calories, and it just doesn't make sense that corn would cost more calories than we absorb from it. It's a staple in many diets. Corn is something that can be used to feed starving people; if it was a "no calorie" food then this certainly wouldn't be the case. Never mind the fact that if it really were a "no calorie" food, then it would be a miracle food for weight loss diets, and then there would be thousands of books and diets built around it. The farmers who make corn would fund studies to show that it's the miracle weight loss food. It just doesn't make sense that it's a no calorie food.

[The Charming Canuck]

old post I know, but did she have the diabetes test cause I know I wasn't allowed to eat food for a certain amount of time and my midwife said if I started to feel fait or anything to eat some saltines.