Negative calorie diet
Pluses
The Negative calorie diet, one of the popular weight loss diets, works on the assumption that it creates few negative calorie effects to help the weight loss. The weight loss can be seen in first stages in few cases but the results are not very promising. Experts say that "this diet increases the rate of metabolism without too much efforts"- this appears to be the only benefit. The negative calorie food items include asparagus, watermelon, pineapple, grape fruit, papaya, carrots, green cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, beets. In addition to these food items, extra supplement of vitamins and minerals can increase the rate of metabolism Or the surplus of vitamins stored in these food items creates a reaction in digestion which eventually leads to weight loss.
The Negative Calorie diet works on the premise that certain foods create negative calorie effects (negative calorie foods), allowing you to lose weight. The Negative Calorie diet is controversial because the theory is not scientifically sound. However, advocates of the Negative Calorie diet say that you can literally eat your way to weight loss. A negative calorie diet ebook has even been published on this topic.
e.g. If an orange is consumed, our body is left with a net calorie result which is a negative calorie deduction. So for every orange you eat, you should burn off 25 calories. Experts encourage you to eat frequent healthy meals, in doing so you are actually increasing the speed of your metabolism.
Minuses
- The diet is not balanced at all, works on the theory that is not supported by evidences.
- Malnutrition is the result and can cause many health risks.
- If your metabolism rate is low, the theory (explained above) won't work. More theoretical than practical.
- Food cravings is general problem with such diets.