| Negative calorie foods are said to use more | | | | - Whole grains like kidney beans, chick peas and |
| calories to digest than the calorie content of the | | | | lentils. |
| foods themselves, resulting in a negative calorie | | | | - Lightly cooked green vegetables. |
| balance. It is therefore natural to consider a diet | | | | - Any dessert with minimum sugar. |
| containing these foods for weight loss.A diet is a | | | | - Lean variety of meat (it is better to avoid). |
| combination of a balanced selection of foods | | | | - The dinner should be light. If you had bread for |
| designed for medical or nutritional reasons. A good | | | | lunch then have rice for dinner.Include as much |
| diet should include all major food groups. The | | | | negative calorie foods as possible in the above |
| weight loss diets (with or without negative calorie | | | | diet plan. If you are meat eater, choose from a |
| foods) are made to reduce body fat and weight. | | | | lean variety and restrict to one serving in a day.A |
| Some of the popular weight loss diets are: Atkin's | | | | diet with negative calorie foods as main |
| diet, cabbage soup diet, grapefruit diet, Hollywood | | | | ingredients can include foods that are loaded with |
| diet, negative calorie foods diet, Pritikin diet, the | | | | carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, minerals and |
| South beach diet and the zone diet.Most of the | | | | dietary fibers necessary for keeping you fit. The |
| weight loss diets promote to eat a particular food | | | | diet with negative calorie foods can be tailored for |
| group and restrict other food groups. Such diets | | | | fast or gradual weight loss. The fast weight loss |
| may show temporary results. If you follow these | | | | diet that can lower the weight up to two pounds |
| restricted diets for a long time, you may develop | | | | per day, is not recommended for long term. The |
| some health problems at later stage as these | | | | gradual weight loss diet can reduce one pound in a |
| diets do not contain all the necessary nutrients | | | | week and can be followed until desired weight is |
| needed for your body.The secret to losing weight | | | | achieved. The diet can be made according to ones |
| is to eat and drink the right kind of foods until | | | | needs. The negative |
| you are satisfied. Skipping of meals is not the | | | | calorie foods will not give you much benefit if |
| answer for weight loss, it can rather deteriorate | | | | you are eating foods loaded with fats and sugars. |
| your | | | | If you eat a serving of potato fries, don't think |
| health. A healthy weight loss diet plan should | | | | that you can reduce the calories gained from fries |
| include vegetables, fruits, grains, lentils and beans | | | | by simply eating some negative calorie |
| in your diet. Following is a sample daily diet plan | | | | celery.Copyright 2004, have permission to publish |
| that is good for keeping | | | | this article in your web sites, ezines or electronic |
| healthy weight and good health, irrespective of | | | | publication, as long as it is used in its entirety |
| whether you follow a diet plan with negative | | | | including this resource box), all HTML hyperlinks, |
| calorie foods or not.- Skim milk and skim yogurt. | | | | references (clickable) and copyright |
| - Salads or boiled vegetables or vegetable soup | | | | information.]------------------------------------For more |
| as starter. | | | | information on negative calorie foods, negative |
| - Whole-wheat bread/tortila, whole grain cereal | | | | calorie recipes and diets, visit the web site: |
| and rice. | | | | Negative Calorie Foods, Recipes, Diet. |