I heard that tomatoes and cucumbers hardly have any calories...and when you eat them before your meal...they take half of that meals calories..so if you ate a 300 calorie meal for example..then it would really be 150 cals because of the tomatoes and cucumbers??? is this true
Sport is this true?
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ofcourse not. A calorie is a calorie. What you are actually saying is if I would eat a load of cucumbers and tomatoes before a meal, that consists of unhealthy calorie loaded stuff icecream, chocolate, chips, etc. it would undo the damage. That would mean I can eat all I want as long as I eat cucumbers and tomatoes first. It's noncence.
I do have to say that if you eat a lot of cucumbers and tomatoes (or any low cal veggy for that matter) you get filled up and probably won't eat so much of the meal that follows. In that case, you can lose weight.
I do have to say that if you eat a lot of cucumbers and tomatoes (or any low cal veggy for that matter) you get filled up and probably won't eat so much of the meal that follows. In that case, you can lose weight.
I agree with Maverick. Definately not true. Eating veggies with meals may help you to eat fewer calories total because they'll fill you up and they're very low in calories.
Nevertheless, veggies are extremely good for the body, so eat up!
Sarah
Nevertheless, veggies are extremely good for the body, so eat up!
Sarah
I am going to assume that what you heard was supposed to be...
"If you eat 300 calories of tomatoes and cucumbers... it will only count as 150 calories."
Eating them before a meal and having them take away half of the calories is wrong and makes no sense. Which I assume you knew because you seemed skeptical of it. Good for you!
Getting back to my "maybe they meant this.." statement above... some foods are so low in calories that when you take the calories it burns to digest them... it's actually half of what the total calories were.
Get that? lol
Let me break it down...
Lettuce- 50 calories (totally guessing... just using as an example)
MINUS
Total amount of calories burned by digesting the lettuce- 25 calories
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25 calories retained
So even though you ate 50 calories worth of lettuce... you burned off 25 of them by digesting it. Pretty neat, huh? It's technical term is called TEF or the Thermic Effect of Food.
So with all that said... don't worry about any of it. Your body always burns calories when digesting food. No matter if it is a cake or a carrot.
That's the basis of the "Negative Calorie Diet". But it's not long term.
Stick with eating 5-6 small meals per day. Each meal has a protein and a carb. And is eaten every 2-3 hours.
"If you eat 300 calories of tomatoes and cucumbers... it will only count as 150 calories."
Eating them before a meal and having them take away half of the calories is wrong and makes no sense. Which I assume you knew because you seemed skeptical of it. Good for you!
Getting back to my "maybe they meant this.." statement above... some foods are so low in calories that when you take the calories it burns to digest them... it's actually half of what the total calories were.
Get that? lolLet me break it down...
Lettuce- 50 calories (totally guessing... just using as an example)
MINUS
Total amount of calories burned by digesting the lettuce- 25 calories
----------------------------------------------------
25 calories retained
So even though you ate 50 calories worth of lettuce... you burned off 25 of them by digesting it. Pretty neat, huh? It's technical term is called TEF or the Thermic Effect of Food.
So with all that said... don't worry about any of it. Your body always burns calories when digesting food. No matter if it is a cake or a carrot.
That's the basis of the "Negative Calorie Diet". But it's not long term.
Stick with eating 5-6 small meals per day. Each meal has a protein and a carb. And is eaten every 2-3 hours.
thanks for the replies everyone
that makes a lot of sense Trainer Lynn
I will try to follow your advice
that makes a lot of sense Trainer Lynn
I will try to follow your advice