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Do you need to count calories in fruit on fast days?
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25 Mar 2013, 22:25by raspberryrabbits
Hiya all
Just wondered if you have to count fruit that contain 'negative calories' on your fast days? Eg. Oranges and apples, as I read these use more calories to digest than they contain making the calories negative or zero.
I've been having them as snacks on my fast days if I need a boost.
Re: Do you need to count calories in fruit on fast days?
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25 Mar 2013, 22:31by BBT053
Yes.
Re: Do you need to count calories in fruit on fast days?
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25 Mar 2013, 22:39by Tigs33
Yes everything gets counted, even milk in drinks etc...
Re: Do you need to count calories in fruit on fast days?
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25 Mar 2013, 22:46by carorees
Yes, sorry...some fruits are high in calories (bananas for example).
Re: Do you need to count calories in fruit on fast days?
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25 Mar 2013, 22:47by vino
I count everything on fast days but I like the sound of anything with negative calories
Re: Do you need to count calories in fruit on fast days?
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25 Mar 2013, 22:49by Moogie
Indeed, you doing every calorie that goes in and don't get extra calories for what you expend whether it be through exercise or digestion!
Re: Do you need to count calories in fruit on fast days?
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25 Mar 2013, 23:30by raspberryrabbits
Okay thanks everyone
Re: Do you need to count calories in fruit on fast days?
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25 Mar 2013, 23:58by Rufus
raspberryrabbits wrote: Hiya all
Just wondered if you have to count fruit that contain 'negative calories' on your fast days? Eg. Oranges and apples, as I read these use more calories to digest than they contain making the calories negative or zero.
I've been having them as snacks on my fast days if I need a boost.
No such thing as negative calories. You count everything.
Re: Do you need to count calories in fruit on fast days?
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26 Mar 2013, 02:33by badalya
More info on the myth of 'negative calorie foods':
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_calorie_food
Re: Do you need to count calories in fruit on fast days?
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26 Mar 2013, 07:44by Melanie Cheeks
Sorry, negative calories is a big of jiggery-pokery. Count the calories in EVERYTHING you eat, even fruit and veg.
Re: Do you need to count calories in fruit on fast days?
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26 Mar 2013, 09:07by Coffecat
Sounds nice, negative calories, if only they existed! We could all lose weight by just eating apples and oranges for a while
Alas, fruit contains sugar. That's why you get the boost.
Re: Do you need to count calories in fruit on fast days?
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26 Mar 2013, 09:12by Rendafast
I count everything on fast days.
Re: Do you need to count calories in fruit on fast days?
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26 Mar 2013, 09:23by TML13
Indeed, unless you are eating ice cubes (they have zero calories and the body spends energy to adjust its temperature) you have to count all the calories you eat.
The only reason why the diets with foods which supposedly have negative calories work is because you eat stuff with very low calories. Also, some of these foods are high in vitamins and you feel good.
Re: Do you need to count calories in fruit on fast days?
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26 Mar 2013, 21:47by carorees
TML13 wrote: Indeed, unless you are eating ice cubes (they have zero calories and the body spends energy to adjust its temperature)
Hardly any though!
Re: Do you need to count calories in fruit on fast days?
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26 Mar 2013, 21:51by TML13
Dunno, to be honest I don't eat ice cube. My mum does though and she's super-thin. Hmmmmmm....
