Negative Calorie Foods

Doesn't everyone want the perfect snack? Obviously making healthy snack food choices is difficult for all of us, especially when the biggest excuse is, 'I just don't have enough time.' I don't have any tips and tricks to help you with your actual mind set, yet... Previously, I believed all the hype about low-calorie, low-fat, fat-free nutrition food labels, plenty of people still do. Most media out there is focused on how to read and deceiver these labels and I prefer not to eat them at all.
At least I can provide you with a real life gimmick for putting those healthy snacks in your lunch boxes and most importantly, your mouth. I'll introduce you to Negative Calorie Foods: these are foods that require more calories to be spent on digestion than it provides. Basically, the amount of energy is used to process food is above your resting metabolism rate (thermic effect). Since all of these foods are natural, they naturally fit in with any healthy lifestyle goal.

• Celery 
• Oranges
• Grapefruit 
• Strawberries
• Tangerines
• Carrots
• Apricots
• Lettuce
• Tomatoes
• Watermelon
• Cauliflower
• Apples
• Hot Chili Peppers
• Zucchini 

A word of caution: These foods should not be isolated as a well-balanced diet or weight loss plan.

As always exercise is also implemented as a source of thermal energy that helps your metabolism burn your extra calories (weight loss/maintenance). The good news! Having these foods in your diet plus exercise (aerobic, anaerobic weight training) improves the thermal effect of the food, burning more calories per hour.