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Diet Buddy - Monday, August 21, 2006
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Hi there Buddies:
I hope everyone had a great weekend, and since the
weather has been pleasant again, I hope everyone is
taking advantage of these nice summer days we have left.
Try going for a daily walk, enjoy some gardening, or just
do some sort of outside activity to get your body moving.
We all certainly need to make a consious effort and take
some time out of our busy daily schedulde to devote to
noone but ourselves. Walking or gardening is a wonderful
way to clear your mind, do some soul searching, and just
enjoy nature's scenery we take so much for granted. It
also works wonders for your health and well being, not
to mention the extra calories you burn.
Eating delicious fruits and vegetables that are in season
this time of year, are not only quite refreshing and quench
your taste buds, but are also loaded with many vitamins and
anti-oxidents to help us get and stay healthy, and hope-
fully slimmer.
So today I'd like to share an incredible concept regarding
these fabulous fruits and vegetables we all take for
granted, that might make you view them in a whole different
weight loss light, and make you wonder whether you've died
and gone to food heaven. (Courtesy of NFPT Personal Trainer
Magazine)
Just imagine burning more calories eating your food, than
the actual calorie content the food consists of. Yes, you
read right! Doesn't that sound just too good to be true?
It's like giving your body something that is not only good
for it, but it will also thank you, by losing some weight
for you? Confused? Read on !!!
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"Is it possible to actually have not only no calories, but
even negative calories? And, if it is possible what effect
would ingesting negative calories really have? Could you
literally eat your way to fat loss.....the more you eat the
more you lose?
All foods have some calories. No food is actually a
"negative calorie" food. BUT the overall effect of certain
foods in our body is that of "negative calories". Negative
calorie foods use more calories to digest, than the
calories the foods actually contain!
Calories from these foods are much harder for the body to
break down and process. In other words, the body has to
work harder in order to extract calories from these foods.
This gives these foods a tremendous natural fat-burning
advantage.
A piece of dessert consisting of 400 calories may require
only 150 calories to be digested by our body, resulting in
a net gain of 250 calories which is added to our body fat!
According to this theory, for example, if you eat 100
calories of a food that requires 150 calories to digest,
then you've burned an additional 50 calories simply by
eating that food."
All foods have a caloric (calories), nutrient
(carbohydrate, fat, protein), and vitamin and mineral
(enzyme producing) content. While it is true, enzymes are
not found in foods, it has been simplified by researchers,
that vitamins can be considered biochemicals found in food
that, among their many other functions, stimulate living
tissues to produce enzymes that ideally are sufficient to
break down that particular food's caloric nutrients.
Therefore, the relative result of vitamin ingestion in the
production of enzymes.
As a side note, this lay definition of vitamins paves the
way for a more clear understanding of empty calories (junk
food) as well. Foods falling into this "empty calorie"
category would be foods with too little enzyme producing
vitamin and mineral content, while containing a surplus of
calories.
The ingestion of empty calorie foods requires the body to
produce its own enzyme (usually in the lining of the
intestinal tract) to be able to convert these "empty
calories" into usable energy. Obviously, these enzyme
producing functions in the body should be reserved for the
performance of other internal, and more vital metabolic
reactions.
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It is a given these days, that it is difficult to find
foods that contain a sufficient amount of vitamins and
minerals to alone break down their own "host" caloric
nutrients (purely natural food). This situation can be
attributed to nutrient robbing pesticides application,
processing, the use of preservatives, and various commonly
used poor cooking practices.
Surprisingly, in the case of the negative calorie foods in
question not only do they contain sufficient vitamins and
minerals to break down the host calories, there is actually
a surplus of these enzymes producing biochemicals. This
simply means that once ingested these "negative calorie"
foods provide for enzyme producton in quantities sufficient
to break down not only its own host calories, but possibly
additional calories present in digestion as well.
Is this discovery truly a tremendous breakthrough? Not
really. Unless of course research is performed confirming
that these surplus enzymes produced in digestion are in
some way transported into the bloodstream. As likely as
this enzyme transport would seem, until now there has been
no real evidence to suport this conclusion.
According to a recent study performed by Dr. Dean Ornish,
MD., of the University of California, at San Fransisco, a
vegetarian diet consisting mostly of fruits and vegetables,
was adhered to by research subjects as experimental study
on the reversal of heart disease. As a result each of the
research subjects (all suffering from heart disease), lost
an average of 20 pounds without cutting or limiting serving
sizes.
In light of the fact that these subjects were 40 years and
older (with relatively slowed metabolisms) and the research
performed involved no prescribed exercise program, this
constitutes a dramatic weight loss that could only be
attributed to the consumption of various fruits and
vegetables.
With the above information in mind, while obviously not
conclusive, let us assume the transport of these "surplus"
digestive enzymes into the blood is a given and pick it up
from there. The fact is, enzymes are responsible for the
acceleration of ALL chemical reactions in the body. The
acceleration of chemical reactions in the body then equates
to a faster metabolism (this effect is implied by the
earlier referenced studies performed by Dr. Dean Ornish,
MD.).
In building upon the obove conjectures, to optimize this
metabolic acceleration, these researched and identified
negative calories should preferably be ingested in the
absence of additional enzyme robbing "empty calories" (junk
food). This would insure that an optimum amount of enzymes
are produced for absorption into the bloodstream and not
wasted during digestive processes on assimilating calories
from foods with poor vitamin and nutrient content.
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Negative Calorie Food List:
Fruits and Vegetables
asparagus chicory lamb's lettuce
beet Chile peppers lettuce
broccoli (hot) onion
cabbage (green) cucumber papaya
carrot dandelion radishes
cauliflower grapefruit spinach
celeriac (celery garden cress turnip
root) garlic vegetable marrow
celery green beans (zuchini)
chinese cabbage apples cantaloupe
chives apricots cherries
corn artichokes chervil
cranberries beet greens eggplant
cucumbers beets endive
currants blackberries garlic
Damson plum blueberries grapes
green beans broccoli oranges
honeydew brussel sprouts parsley leaves
huckleberries loganberries parsnips
kale mangoes peaches
kohlrabi mushrooms pears
kumquats muskmelons peas
leeks mussels peppers
lemons mustard greens pineapple
limes nectarines tangerines
sauerkraut okra tomato
scallions pomegranates turnips
squash prunes watercress
strawberries pumpkin watermelon
string beans quince rhubarb
rutabagas raspberries
salsify red cabbage
Tips for weight loss:
- You will get maximum benefit if you eat them in raw
natural form, without any butter or oil.
- There are reports that you may drop up to 2 pounds in a
day.
- The "negative calorie" effect will vary depending on
one's physical condition.
- The most important thing about these Negative Calorie
Foods is that you will never feel hungry if you are on
a diet with negative calorie foods.
Did You Know ???
That "about 10% of daily caloric intake is used to process
foods in the body. You can expand more by doing physical
activities".
Now if we could only get away from our 21st century foods
we are so used to eating, and revert back to what our
ancestors lived on, many, many years ago.....we probably
would have a good shot at keeping our weight issues to a
minimum. Unfortunately we all seem to be eating more and
more processed and preserved foods that do not contain the
proper vitamin and mineral content, making us wonder why
we cannot digest our foods properly and why many are
becoming so overweight? With all the different chemicals
from different foods we seem to be eating these days it's
no wonder why we're an ever growing nation of overweight
food-aholics. Let's try and get back to what we've been
told since we can remember.....that fruits and vegetables
really are good for us.
Have a great week everyone !!!
I'm happy to announce that we now have our own Diet Buddy
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Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional, any
statements in this column are strictly based on research I
have done and should not be misconstrued as medical advice.
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