Foods to Eat to Lose Weight

If you are here looking for some miracle food that will cause you to lose weight just by eating it, I'm sorry but there is no such thing. No single food item alone will achieve a weight loss effect when eaten. There are however certain foods that will help in weight loss if combined with a sensible diet.

I'm sure you have heard of the term "negative calorie food", some of us are confused by this term thinking that there are zero calories in these foods. The reality is they do contain some calories. They are called negative calories because your body uses more calories to digest and absorb the nutrients and calories, resulting in your body using up more calories than the food itself contains.

So you might be able to say that such foods will indeed help you to lose weight if you eat them. Before you go on and build a diet based around all negative calorie foods, take note of the energy requirements of your body. These types of foods provides your body with very little energy, so take note that you do not starve your body of it's energy needs.

Let us take a look at some examples of negative calorie foods:

Vegetable

- Asparagus
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Celery
- Cucumber
- Lettuce
- Peppers
- Radish
- Spinach
- Tomato
- Turnip

Fruits

- Apricot
- Blackberry
- Blackcurrant
- Grapefruit
- Guava
- Lemon
- Mandarin orange
- Peaches
- Plums
- Raspberry
- Strawberry
- Tangerine
- Watermelon

As you can see, these food consists of only vegetables and fruits. You will need to combine them with some sources of protein to really have a healthy diet. Proteins help to get your metabolism going and signal to your body that you are full. So a diet based solely on negative calorie food is insufficient to provide your body with its energy needs. You will also feel hungry and miserable from the lack of proteins.

Here's a healthy eating plan that will supplement your workout to offer an all round fitness balance.

More healthy eating and weight loss tips can be found on my blog.

Alan Tan
alantan@diet-sg.com