The Negative Calorie diet works on the premise that certain foods create negative calorie effects (negative calorie foods), allowing you to lose weight.
This form of dieting is controversial because the theory is not scientifically sound. No foods actually possess 'negative calories'.
However, advocates of this form of dieting say that you can literally eat your way to weight loss.
The Theory
The theory that drives this diet is extremely appealing. It works on the idea that your body has to burn energy in order to digest certain foods. As a consequence, your body is actually burning fat.
Take for example - an orange, which may contain 50 calories, it would take a certain amount of energy from your body to process all of the nutrients and vitamins within the orange. In doing so, you would burn more than 50 calories. However this is also highly dependent on the speed of your metabolism.
The diet claims that after consuming certain 'negative calorie foods' (like an orange), your body is left with a net calorie results which is a negative calorie deduction. So for every orange you eat, you should burn off 25 calories. This is why its advocates encourage you to eat frequent healthy meals, in doing so you are actually increasing the speed of your metabolism.
The Positives:
- Little effort involved
- Promotes consumption of foods rich in vitamins and minerals
- Increases the body's metabolism
Important: However, this program has two major drawbacks that make its completion difficult and results less than desired. These drawbacks are firstly, it is more of a starvation diet, which besides affecting your general health also tends to lead to binges of overeating, defeating the purpose of the diet program.
The second major drawback is the availability of ingredients. Many of the ingredients require extra effort and time to procure.
RECOMMENDATION: WE DO NOT RECOMMEND this diet. The best diet if you are looking for a diet only program is Fat Loss 4 Idiots. Read the full review here: Diet Solution Review
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