Negative calorie foods

In order to stay in shape, it is essential that the amount of calories consumed be equal to their expenditure. In order to lose weight, the expenditure must far exceed what is obtained with food. Unfortunately there is only one foodstuff that has neither fats, nor carbohydrates, nor calories, and that is water, which can be used for a long time and offers questionable benefits. Another thing is the selection of low-calorie, high-fiber foods that require a certain amount of energy for digestion. Here just lies the secret of rapid loss of excess weight and its stabilization at the desired level.

Food Selection Criteria

Among fruits and vegetables, there are many types with the required characteristic, for example, to gain 100 kcal, it is required to eat almost 500 grams of raw white cabbage. Few people can withstand such an ordeal. That's why we are talking about negative, caloric, or more precisely, minimal. One sure sign of such a product is a high water content. If you try to dry any of them, the caloric value immediately increases by 8-10 times, which once again emphasizes the idea that it is more advantageous and useful to eat them fresh. As a result of its digestion additional calories are consumed, which leads to the so-called deficit, which allows you to lose weight very comfortably, without feeling hunger.

So the guideline for the choice becomes a high content of water and crude fiber. To this is added a minimum of natural sugar and, preferably, a diuretic effect.

Which vegetables have minimal calories

The list includes:

• eggplants;
• cabbage of all kinds;
• zucchini;
• carrots;
• bell peppers;
• cucumbers;
• rhubarb;
• leaf lettuce;
• herbs.

If you wish, you can find several more items with similar characteristics. This proves that hunger does not threaten the one who chooses such products. Another thing is the condition of the intestines. You should not overload it, you need to include protein products for balance as well.

Berries for the waistline

The fruit selection is also great. Gourds, which contain up to 80 percent of water, are leading the way. This also includes all bush garden berries, citrus fruits, plums, quinces and apricots. Pineapple besides low calories has the ability to speed up the process of breaking down fats and removing toxins due to the content of a special substance, bromelain, in the pulp and the central core. Among the berries, blackberries, cranberries, cranberries, blueberries and blueberries are leading. They are not often sold fresh, but it makes sense to buy them fresh-frozen or to store for yourself. Apples, cornel and cherry plums quench thirst very well, contain a balanced complex of vitamins and have a small caloric value in the range of 40-46 kcal, but the proportion in 100 grams of these products is impressive.

It is desirable to eat these products fresh, too, observing certain rules:

1. Choose domestic products.
2. Do not use as a dessert, but eat separately.
3. Look carefully at the degree of ripeness and quality.
4. Ask if there are any personal contraindications to these vegetables, fruits and berries.

In their fresh form these products are the most useful, but there are also dishes that are not much inferior in calories, but win in taste and are considered a complete lunch or dinner.

Recipes

Cooking methods give preference to boiling or stewing. In fried dishes, the caloric value increases rapidly due to the use of fats, even vegetable origin. The addition of meat or fish also acts, which is necessarily taken into account when drawing up a daily menu.

Braised cabbage

Cooked with water, in 100 g. only 17 kcal, so that in the amount you can not limit yourself. In addition to satiety, this dish cleanses the intestines and improves their peristalsis. Fiber binds and removes toxins and impurities. Cooked in a thick-walled pot under a lid with a minimum of salt. You can add onions, grated carrots and herbs.

Mushrooms and tomatoes

For 300g of mushrooms or wild mushrooms in season you need 1 onion, 1 tablespoon of tomato paste, 3 large tomatoes, salt and pepper to taste. Can be a main dish, an addition to rice or buckwheat. Goes well with chicken breast, but the calories will be far from zero.

Zucchini Stew

A light, delicate, pleasant-tasting dish, allowed even with gastrointestinal diseases, as the steam treatment softens the fibers and does not give unnecessary load on the intestines. Cooked with water, in addition to the main ingredient of the onion, carrots, spices, herbs. Mushrooms can be added to enrich the taste. Excellent as a side dish for chicken breast or lean fish.

Mushroom soup

The basis is mushroom broth, the remaining vegetables: onions, carrots, potatoes, stewed in water, and then added to the main pan. The dish is dressed with finely chopped herbs. Due to the potatoes, the caloric value is higher than the minimum, but the taste is richer. You can use both the classic version, and the soup puree.

Summer salad

Cooked in a few minutes, has a charge of vivacity for a few hours. Includes:

• cucumbers;
• tomatoes;
• onions;
• Greens of several kinds;
• leaf lettuce;
• half a sour-sweet apple.

All ingredients are cut in small pieces, dressed with lemon juice.

Among the products are also close to the minimum calorie spices, peppers, mustard. Be careful with tea and coffee. They also have practically no calories, but they have a powerful diuretic effect and, if abused, may well organize partial dehydration of the body. To speed up the metabolism, nutritionists recommend preferring green tea with the addition of ginger and cinnamon or a natural ginger drink, for which only grated fresh root is suitable.

You can also quench your thirst with fruit and berry brews or mixes of different components, without sugar and sweeteners. If you really want to, it is better to add to the cool drink half a spoonful of honey, which will not affect the caloric content much.