At the heart of the negative calorie diet are fresh fruits and vegetables, seafood, and some herbs (however, some rightly-prepared red meat and poultry and a small amount of eggs can also be regular inclusions). The negative calorie diet also encourages consuming lots of calorie-free fluids. The philosophy of the negative calorie diet is that the foods that you consume are of the kind that stimulate the body to produce enzymes which break foods down and burn them off. The body requires these enzymes, but foods do not come with enzymes. However, the negative calorie diet foods contain the right mix of vitamins and minerals that stimulate higher enzymatic production within your body. This level of enzyme production results in a more efficient, faster metabolizing of the calories, carbohydrates, fats, and proteins that make up the foods we eat.

The negative calorie diet is not about avoiding food–it is about avoiding “junk” foods such as the “fast foods” and the preserved, processed foods that are such a staple of modern diets. These kinds of foods contain so little of the kind or mix of vitamins and minerals that stimulate the production of enzymes that they don’t get broken down fast enough. The body that relies mainly on these foods for nutrients burns off less of them per day than it takes in. There cannot be any other result from this than the putting on of pounds over time–on average, one extra pound per 10 to 14 days. Over time, this really adds up.