Are There Foods With Negative Calories?04:33

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Published on November 4, 2017

Is it true that there are foods like celery that take more calories to digest than they provide?

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It’s not surprising that filling up on healthy food right before a meal cuts down on overall caloric intake, but what if we instead eat healthy foods as snacks between meals? Would they have the same weight reducing effect? Find out in my next video Eating More to Weigh Less (

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