Negative Calorie Diet

Negative calorie diet works from the starting point that body has to burn energy to digest food. If more calories are consumed burning the food than that is contained in the food, you get a negative calorie effect. According to the theory, those foods also increase the metabolic rate, increasing the effectiveness of the program.

This diet program is highly controversial, with the scientific community very much in doubt of the results and the basic premise of the diet program. Some of the criticism is targeted at the possibility that you are potentially offsetting your positive calorie energy reserves, cancelling out the effectiveness of weight training.

The appeal of the diet program is very much that it is easy to follow, and promotes foods that contain a lot of vitamins and minerals. The theory goes that these foods also speed up the metabolism rate, which increases weight loss.

Resources for the Negative Calorie Diet

For many, the first resource for finding out about the diet program is negativecaloriediet.com, which offers an ebook, a discussion forum, newsletter, and other resources for the diet program.

The diet program is based on a book published in 1997 by Neal Barnard, titled "Foods That Cause You to Lose Weight: The Negative Calorie Effect". The book is available from most bigger online and offline book stores.

Neal Barnard also has other books available, including