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Nancy Young[_6_] Nancy Young[_6_] is offline
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Default Negative calories

On 2/3/2012 8:13 AM, Omelet wrote:

> Lettuce, cabbage, spinach and other leafy greens high in fiber are also
> supposedly "negative" in calories. You burn more calories digesting
> them than they have in them because they are mostly fiber and water.


Hey Om, nice to see you.

I read somewhere recently that it's a myth about the negative
calorie thing, but I don't have a problem believing it's true.
I mean, if something has near to no calories, you use up more
taking the stuff out of the refrigerator and chopping it!

nancy